Niels Arestrup

Born: 1949-02-08

Niels Arestrup is a French actor, film director and screenwriter. His father was Danish and his mother was French. He has won two César Awards for Best Supporting Actor for De battre mon cœur s'est arrêté and Un prophète, both films where he was directed by Jacques Audiard.


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as Grandfather
Released: 2011-12-25

On the brink of the First World War, Albert's beloved horse Joey is sold to the Cavalry by his...

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The Beat That My Heart Skipped

as Robert Seyr
Released: 2005-03-16

A ruthless real estate agent discovers a passion for piano and auditions with help from a young...

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Farewell

as Vallier
Released: 2009-09-23

An intricate thriller about an ordinary man thrust into the biggest theft of Soviet information...

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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

as Roussin
Released: 2007-05-23

The true story of Elle France editor Jean-Dominique Bauby, who, in 1995 at the age of 43,...

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The Big Picture

as Bartholomé
Released: 2010-11-03

Paul Exben is a success story – partner in one of Paris's most exclusive law firms, big salary,...

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Diplomacy

as General Dietrich von Choltitz
Released: 2014-03-05

On the night of August 24, 1944, the fate of Paris rests with General von Choltitz, who plans to...

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A Prophet

as César Luciani
Released: 2009-08-26

Sentenced to six years in prison, Malik El Djebena is alone in the world and can neither read...

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See You Up There

as Marcel Péricourt
Released: 2017-10-25

In November 1918, a few days before the Armistice, when Lieutenant Pradelle orders a senseless...

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as Madman
Released: 2018-11-15

Famed but tormented artist Vincent van Gogh spends his final years in Arles, France, painting...

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By the Sea

as Michel
Released: 2015-11-12

Set in France during the mid-1970s, Vanessa, a former dancer, and her husband Roland, an...

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Sarah's Key

as Jules Dufaure
Released: 2010-09-16

On the night of 16 July 1942, ten year old Sarah and her parents are being arrested and...

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The French Minister

as Claude Maupas
Released: 2013-11-06

Alexandre Taillard de Vorms is a force to be reckoned with. With his silver mane and tanned,...

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Return to Montauk

as Walter
Released: 2017-05-11

During a book tour in the United States, Max meets and falls in love with a young woman. Many...

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Small World

as Thomas Senn
Released: 2010-12-16

Conrad Lang, a handyman in a rich family - he has been raised like a brother with Thomas, who...

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Stavisky...

as Rudolph, le secrétaire de Trotski
Released: 1974-05-15

Biarritz, 1933. Charm and talent help small-time swindler Serge Alexandre, alias Stavisky, to...

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96 heures

as Victor Kancel
Released: 2014-04-23

Carré is the boss of the BRB (Brigade for the Repression of Banditry). 3 years earlier, he...

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Our Children

as André Pinget
Released: 2012-05-30

Young and full of life, Murielle has a promising future ahead of her when she meets and falls...

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Je Tu Il Elle

as Truck-driver
Released: 1974-12-31

A woman suffers a subdued psychological breakdown in the wake of a devastating breakup.

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Divertimento

as Sergiu Celibidache
Released: 2023-01-25

Zahia Ziouani, 17, dreams of becoming a conductor, while her twin sister Fettouma hopes to be a...

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Memoirs of a French Whore

as André
Released: 1979-10-17

Marie is nineteen and bored in her little suburban life with no future. In a café, she meets the...

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A Second Chance

as Henri Lanot
Released: 1976-09-30

Imprisoned as an accessory to murder, Catherine gives birth to a son she conceived in prison....

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Villa Caprice

as Luc Germon
Released: 2021-06-02

Famous lawyer, Luc Germon adds Gilles Fontaine, one of the most powerful bosses in France, to...

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You Will Be My Son

as Paul de Marseul
Released: 2011-08-23

Paul de Marseul, a prestigious wine-maker and owner of a renowned chateau and vineyard in...

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Lumière

as Nano
Released: 1976-03-24

Sarah, an actress nearing her forties, has invited 3 friends to join her for a holiday in...

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Among Wolves

as Mike
Released: 1985-12-31

An American general with highly confidential defence information has been kidnapped by...

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Meeting Venus

as Zoltan Szanto
Released: 1991-09-18

Celebrated Swedish opera star Karin Anderson is slated to appear in an internationally-telecast...

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Diesel

as Nelson
Released: 1985-08-07

A prostitute, released from prison, tries to change her life, but a murderous slave...

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The Candidate

as Georges
Released: 2007-04-11

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The Dune

as Ruben
Released: 2014-08-13

Through the course of several accidents and chance encounters, Hanoch and Ruben will meet and...

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A Private Affair

as Le père de Rachel
Released: 2002-04-30

Divorced private detective Francois Maneri is assigned by his agency to investigate the...

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Plus ça va, moins ça va

as Vincent
Released: 1977-08-16

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Tomorrow's Children

as Philippe
Released: 1976-08-18

The hero of this bleak science-fiction story is a married man who, along with his wife, survives...

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One Man's War

as Narrator
Released: 1982-11-17

Via the New York Times: "...a dialogue between found objects... the remarkably calm, somewhat...

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La Femme flic

as Dominique Allier, le photographe de la MJC
Released: 1980-01-08

Young police inspector Corinne Levasseur interrogated a dealer without the judge's consent....

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So Long Africa

as Jacques
Released: 2015-07-29

Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, April 2011. Jacques and Safi arrive from Abidjan, from where...

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Parlez-moi d'amour

as Richard
Released: 2002-10-09

Justine and Richard's 15-year relationship ends in separation due to irreconcilable differences...

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Fragments of Antonin

as le professeur Lantier
Released: 2006-11-08

A psychiatrist who probes the mind of traumatized soldiers attempts to unlock the secret that...

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The Future Is Woman

as Gordon
Released: 1984-09-05

In this improbable, ponderous story about a couple who do not want to have children of their...

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The Song of Roland

as Le commerçant / Oton
Released: 1978-10-04

Roland des Roncesvalles is a legendary knight from the age of chivalry in France. In the...

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Jacques Audiard, le cinéma à cœur

as Self - Interviewee
Released: 2021-05-16

In eight films, Jacques Audiard has renewed French cinema, without alienating either the critics...

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Albert Savarus

as Albert Savarus
Released: 1993-01-30

Adaptation of the Balzac story as told by Rosalie, a young girl in love with the idea of her...

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Sincerely Charlotte

as Mathieu
Released: 1985-02-20

In a most unusual, near menage a trois, Charlotte is a terrified young singer who is forced to...

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Charlie Dingo

as William
Released: 1987-10-07

Charlie (Guy Marchand) returns home after being declared legally dead to reclaim his wife...

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Lulu Kreutz's Picnic

as Jascha Steg
Released: 2000-01-19

Joseph and Olga Stegudith, who are elderly Parisians of Viennese Jewish extraction, come to...

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Rewind

as Fabrice Rivail
Released: 1998-07-07

Terrorist Paul Mansart, imprisoned in a maximum security prison, overcomes initial reluctance...

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Fernando Krapp m'a écrit cette lettre

as Fernando Krapp
Released: 2000-01-01

A French adaptation of Tankred Dorst's play "Fernando Krapp hat mir diesen Brief geschrieben",...

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La Rumba

as Detaix
Released: 1987-02-18

Paris, 1938. In a lavishly decorated nightclub, couples dance the syncopated rhythms of Latin...

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La Cerisaie

as Lopakhine
Released: 1982-01-31

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Doux amer

as Jean
Released: 1987-10-17

A married woman, Anne Lambert has a child with her lover. But her lover becomes afraid and...

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Lorfou

as Angelo
Released: 1987-03-28

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Miss O'Gynie and the Flower Men

as Yves
Released: 1974-05-05

Pierre and Yves, two homosexuals, live a cozy love in a small Breton village until the arrival...

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Les Derniers Jours de la victime

as Mendizábal
Released: 1995-09-04

Mendizábal, a reputed hitman, is commissioned to eliminate Rodolfo Kulpe, a small-time criminal.

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Ville étrangère

as Gregor Keuschnig
Released: 1988-07-24

An Austrian diplomat assigned to Paris wakes up after having a strange nightmare and finds...

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La Femme abandonnée

as Oskar de Wilno
Released: 1992-09-04

Tired of Parisian life, Louis de Nueil settles in a provincial village to rest from his hectic...

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The Big Night

as Léon
Released: 1976-10-01

In Lausanne, Léon is involved by accident with a small Leninist group and gets to know Léa, a...

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Alone

as Jean
Released: 1981-10-07

Jean, the lead character in this psychological journey is torn by a search for his lost...

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Le Retour d'Elisabeth Wolff

as Stan Pilgrim
Released: 1982-01-01

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Délit mineur

as Claude
Released: 1994-03-23

A teenager named Guillaume admits to being guilty of his father's murder in order to protect his...

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Champs-Elysées

as Self
First aired: 1982-01-16

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Le Grand Échiquier

as Self
First aired: 1972-01-12

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Capitaine Marleau

as Hervé Gerfaut
First aired: 2015-09-15

Beneath her eccentric appearance, Captain Marleau is a formidable detective. Her Sherlock Holmes...

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Black Butterflies

as Albert Desiderio
First aired: 2022-09-22

Low on inspiration for his second book, a gloomy novelist agrees to write a memoir for a dying...

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Baron Noir

as Francis Laugier
First aired: 2016-02-08

In a tale of epic scale, French politician Philippe Rickwaert thirsts for revenge against his...

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Suite noire

as Gérard
First aired: 2009-07-05

Step into a world of seedy seduction, sinister plots, bloody murder, and hard vengeance: the...

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Le Tourbillon des jours

as Germain
First aired: 1979-03-16

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