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Claude Laydu

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Born: March 10, 1927 in Etterbeek, Belgique

Biography

Claude Laydu ([klod lɛjdy]; 10 March 1927 – 29 July 2011) was a Belgian-born Swiss actor on stage and in films. He was renowned for his performance in his film debut in the role of the young priest in Robert Bresson's Diary of a Country Priest (1951), which has been described as one of the greatest in the history of film. Laydu was born and grew up in Brussels. He moved to Paris to study at the N...

Filmography18 TITLES
Altair
Altair1956
Attila
5.3
Attila1954
Napoleon Road
4.0
Napoleon Road1953
The Wheel
6.0
The Wheel1957
The Dialogue of the Carmelites
7.1
The Dialogue of the Carmelites1960
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We Are All Murderers
6.6
We Are All Murderers1952
Diary of a Country Priest
7.5
Diary of a Country Priest1951
The Road to Damascus
The Road to Damascus1952
Good Lord Without Confession
5.5
Good Lord Without Confession1953
Trip to America
6.0
Trip to America1951
I Was a Parish Priest
7.0
I Was a Parish Priest1953
Rasputin
5.0
Rasputin1954
Heart of the Casbah
7.0
Heart of the Casbah1952
Price of Love
4.2
Price of Love1955
Symphony of Love
6.5
Symphony of Love1954
Mafia alla sbarra
Mafia alla sbarra1963
Italienisches Capriccio
10.0
Italienisches Capriccio1961
Bonne nuit les tipeu
Bonne nuit les tipeu2018