Ivan Desny

Ivan Desny
Ivan Nikolaevich Desnitsky (28 December 1922 – 13 April 2002), better known as Ivan Desny, was a Russian actor. He had a lengthy career in French and German cinema, appearing in over 200 film and television roles over 50 years, and was a two-time German Film Award winner.
Early life
Desny was born Ivan Nikolaevich Desnitsky in Peking, China. His Russian father, Nikolai Desnitsky, gained French citizenship and worked as a secretary at the French embassy.
Career
Desny was a film actor. Bilingual in French and German, he acted in more than 150 films, both in Germany and France. Desny appeared in the 1950 film Madeleine by the English director David Lean, who was then the husband of star Ann Todd.
In 1980, Desny received an honorary German Film Award for "his continued outstanding individual contributions to the german film over the years."
Death
Desny died in Ascona, Switzerland.
Selected filmography
La fleur de l'âge (1947)
Bonheur en location (1949) - Gordon junior
Madeleine (1950) - Emile L'Anglier
Les mousquetaires du roi (1951)
La Putain respectueuse (1952) - Fred Clarke - le fils du sénateur
The Lady Without Camelias (La signora senza camelie, 1953) - Bernardo 'Nardo' Rusconi
Good Lord Without Confession (1953) - Maurice Fréjoul
No Way Back (Weg ohne Umkehr, 1953) - Michael Zorin aka Mischa
Act of Love (1953) - (uncredited)
Confession Under Four Eyes (1954) - Gregor Marmara
The Golden Plague (1954) - Sergeant Hartwig
Master of Life and Death (1955) - Dr. Daniel Karentis
Frou-Frou (1955) - Henry de Gaspard
André and Ursula (1955) - André Duval
Dunja (1955) - Minski
A Girl Without Boundaries (1955) - Eric Johnson
Lola Montès (1955) - Lieutenant Thomas James
Ballerina (Rosen für Bettina, 1956) - Kostja Tomkoff, Choreograph
Mannequins of Paris (1956) - Pierre Lanier
The Story of Anastasia (1956) - Gleb Botkin
Women's Club (1956) - Laurent Gauthier
Anastasia (1956) - Prince Paul von Haraldberg
The Night of the Storm (1957) - Viktor Ledin
OSS 117 Is Not Dead (OSS 117 n'est pas mort, 1957) - Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath, alias OSS 117
Von allen geliebt (1957) - Roger Marbeau
Donnez-moi ma chance (1957) - Gilbert Arnaud
Scandal in Bad Ischl (1957) - Graf Vanin
All the Sins of the Earth (1958) - Lawyer Stephan Hardeck
(1958) - Alexander Drubin
One Life (1958) - De Fourcheville
Life Together (1958) - Michel Sellier
Le Miroir à deux faces (1958) - Gérard Durieu
Polikuschka (1958) - Verwalter
Frauensee (1958) - Frederic Fleury
What a Woman Dreams of in Springtime (1959) - Pierre Bonvant
Heiße Ware (1959) - Paul Martens
Monsieur Suzuki (1960) - Stankovitch
Satan Tempts with Love (1960) - Carlos
Song Without End (1960) - Prince Nicholas
Femmine di lusso (1960) - Count Luca di Sauvin
(1961) - George Romanescu
Daniella by Night (1961) - Count Castellani
White Slave Ship (1961) - Captain Cooper
Escapade in Florence (1962) - Count Roberto
Bon Voyage! (1962) - Rudolph Hunschak
Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace (1962) - Paul King
Ist Geraldine ein Engel? (1963) - Jan
Jack and Jenny (1963) - Wladimir
(1963) - Prof. Lomm
Frühstück mit dem Tod (1964) - Luke Adama
Secret of the Sphinx (La sfinge sorride prima di morire - Stop Londra, 1964) - Green
Kidnapped to Mystery Island (I misteri della giungla nera, 1964) - Maciadi
(1965) - Der Amerikaner
Captain from Toledo (1965) - Don Felipe
Who Wants to Sleep? (Das Liebeskarussell, 1965) - Baron Rudolf
The Beckett Affair (1966) - Frederick
Tender Scoundrel (Tendre Voyou, 1966) - Le vendeur de Cannes
Der Tod eines Doppelgängers (1967) - Hoggan
Da Berlino l'apocalisse (1967) - Steve
I Killed Rasputin (1967) - Grand Duke Alexander
Love Nights in the Taiga (1967) - Colonel Kirk
Guns for San Sebastian (1968) - Col. Calleja
Mayerling (1968) - Count Hoyos
Rebus (1969) - Guinness
The Adventures of Gerard (1970) - Gen. Lassalle
Die Feuerzangenbowle (1970) - Marions Filmpartner
Tatort: (1971, TV) - Sievers
The Body in the Thames (1971) - Louis Stout
Little Mother (1973) - Colonel Umberia
World on a Wire (Welt am Draht, TV mini-series) - Günther Lause
Who? (1974) - General Sturmer
Touch Me Not (1974) - Mailet
El juego del diablo (1975) - Teacher
The Wrong Move (Falsche Bewegung, 1975) - Industrieller / The Industrialist
Paper Tiger (1975) - Foreign Minister
Shir Khofteh (1976)
The Conquest of the Citadel (Die Eroberung der Zitadelle, 1977) - Faconi
(1977) - Baron Wurlitzer
Red Rings of Fear (Enigma rosso, 1978) - Chief Inspector Louis Roccaglio
The Marriage of Maria Braun (Die Ehe der Maria Braun, 1979) - Karl Oswald
Bloodline (1979) - Jeweller
Mathias Sandorf (1979, TV series) - Ladislaus Zathmary
Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980, TV miniseries) - Herr Pums
Car-napping (1980) - Consul Barnet
Fabian (1980) - Justizrat Labude
I Hate Blondes (Odio le bionde, 1980) - Mr. Brown
(1981) - Paul
Exil (1981, TV miniseries) - Wiesener
Lola (1981) - Wittich
Ein gutes Land (1982)
The Roaring Fifties (Die wilden Fünfziger, 1983) - Arzt
The Future of Emily (Flügel und Fesseln, 1984) - Vater Charles
Le Caviar rouge (1986) - Yuri
Motten im Licht (1986)
Hôtel de France (1987) - Maurice Veninger
Un amore di donna (1988) - Avvocato Bernasconi
(1988) - Schneider
Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg (God afton, Herr Wallenberg, 1990) - Schmidthuber
La Désenchantée (1990) - L'oncle
Zockerexpreß (1991)
I Don't Kiss (J'embrasse pas, 1991) - Dimitri
Thieves (Les Voleurs, 1996) - Victor
Beresina, or the Last Days of Switzerland (Beresina oder Die letzten Tage der Schweiz, 1999) - Rudolf Stauffacher
Mister Boogie (2000)
References
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1922 births
2002 deaths
20th-century Russian actors
Russian people of Swedish descent
Russian male film actors
Russian male television actors
Russian expatriates in Switzerland
Russian emigrants to France
Sciences Po alumni