''The Teddy Bear'' (french: L'ours en peluche, it, L’orso di peluche) is a 1994 French-Italian
thriller-drama film directed by
Jacques Deray
Jacques Deray (born Jacques Desrayaud; 19 February 1929 – 9 August 2003) was a French film director and screenwriter. Deray is prominently known for directing many crime and thriller films.
Biography
Born Jacques Desrayaud in Lyon, France, in 1 ...
. It is based on the novel ''L'ours en peluche'' by
Georges Simenon
Georges Joseph Christian Simenon (; 13 February 1903 – 4 September 1989) was a Belgian writer. He published nearly 500 novels and numerous short works, and was the creator of the fictional detective Jules Maigret.
Early life and education ...
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Cast
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Alain Delon
Alain Fabien Maurice Marcel Delon (; born 8 November 1935) is a French actor and filmmaker. He was one of Europe's most prominent actors and screen sex symbols in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. In 1985, he won the César Award for Best Actor for h ...
: Jean Rivière
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Francesca Dellera : Chantal
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Laure Killing : Christine Rivière
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Alexandra Winisky : Axelle Rivière
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Madeleine Robinson
Madeleine Robinson (born Madeleine Svoboda; 5 November 1917 – 1 August 2004) was a French actress. She was born to a French mother and Czech father near Paris. She was orphaned at the age of 14, and worked to support herself and her two younge ...
: Mother of Jean
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Claudia Pandolfi
Claudia Pandolfi (born 17 November 1974) is an Italian actress.
Life and career
Claudia Pandolfi was born in Rome, the daughter of the CEO of the Laura Biagiotti Fashion House.Giorgio Dell’Arti, Massimo Parrini. ''Catalogo dei viventi''. Mars ...
: Claudia Spinelli
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Mattia Sbragia
Mattia Sbragia (born 17 April 1952) is an Italian character actor.
Biography
The son of the actor and stage director Giancarlo, Sbragia has been performing in films, on television, and in the theater for almost thirty years. He made his motion p ...
: Giorgio Spinelli
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Regina Bianchi
Regina Bianchi (1 January 1921 – 5 April 2013) was an Italian stage and film actress.
Life and career
Born in Lecce as Regina D'Antigny, she was the daughter of two theater actors. Forced by the fascist phobia of foreign cultures to change he ...
: Grandmother of Claudia
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Paolo Bonacelli
Paolo Bonacelli (born 28 February 1937) is an Italian actor.
He is best known for his performance as the Duke de Blangis in Pier Paolo Pasolini's final film, ''Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom'' (1975). He was in '' Midnight Express'' (1978) as t ...
: Novacek
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Franco Interlenghi
Franco Interlenghi (29 October 1931 – 10 September 2015) was an Italian actor.
He made his acting debut at 15 in Vittorio De Sica's 1946 Neorealist film ''Sciuscià''. He has worked with great directors such as Alessandro Blasetti in '' Fab ...
: Sylvain
References
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1996 films
Films directed by Jacques Deray
French thriller films
Italian thriller drama films
Films based on Belgian novels
Films based on works by Georges Simenon
1996 thriller films
1996 drama films
1990s French films
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