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Jeanlouistrintignant

Jean-Louis Trintignant in 'The Great Silence'

Jean-Louis Trintignant (1930 - 2022)

Film Deaths[]

  • The Fight on the Island (Le Combat dans L'ile) (1962) [Clément] Shot by Henri Serre.
  • IL Sorpasso (1962) [Roberto Mariani]: Killed in a car accident which Vittorio Gassman survives when his car goes over a cliff. We only see the car during the impact; his body is not shown afterwards. (Thanks to Harry)
  • Mata Hari, Agent H21 (1964) [Captain Francois Lasalle]: Shot to death by German soldiers.
  • Trans-Europ-Express (1967) [Elias/Himself]: Playing a dual role as both himself and a character in a story (as the boundaries of fiction and reality are blurred), "Elias" is shot in the back by Charles Millot. (The real Jean-Louis survives the movie.)
  • Deadly Sweet (Col cuore in gola; Heart Beat; I Am What I Am; With Heart in Mouth) (1967) [Bernard]: Shot in the stomach by Ewa Aulin as he tries to take the gun away from her. (Thanks to Eugene)
  • Death Laid an Egg (La Morte ha fatto I'uovo; A Curious Way to Love, Plucked) (1967) [Marco]: Dies when he is ground up in a chicken feed machine when he accidentally falls into it after he realizes who murdered his wife. 
  • The Great Silence (Il Grande silenzio) (1968) [Silence]: Shot in the head by Klaus Kinski, after one of Klaus' henchmen shoots Jean-Louis in the stomach just as Jean-Louis draws his gun. (An alternate "happy ending," with Jean-Louis surviving, was filmed for different markets; the US DVD includes the alternate ending as a bonus feature.)
  • The Man Who Lies (L'Homme qui ment) (1968) [Boris Varissa]: Shot to death by Ivan Mistrik; he then comes back to life to resume narrating his story.
  • So Sweet...So Perverse (Cosi dolce...cosi perversa) (1969) [Jean] Stabbed to death by Horst Frank.
  • And Hope to Die (La course du lievre a travers les champs) (1971) [Antoine Cardot aka Froggy] Already mortally wounded due to having a knife thrown into his back, he is shot to death off-screen after having a stand-off with the police.  The film ends before his fate is shown, but the building he is in, is being constantly barraged with bullets. 
  • The Assassination (L'attentat) (1972) [Francois Darien] Shot in the back of the head point blank by Roy Scheider.
  • The Outside Man (Un homme est mort) (1972) [Lucien Bellon] Mortally wounded from the gunshot wounds he endures in the films climatic shoot-out. While still alive in the last few seconds of the film, his fate is made clear as he is dying in his car.
  • Flic Story (1975) [Émile Buisson]: Executed (off-screen) by decapitation with a guillotine, we are informed by Alain Delon towards the end of movie.
  • Under Fire (1983) [Marcel Jazy]: Shot dead by teenage poet rebels as he orders Nick Nolte to photograph it with Nick refusing. His body is later seen as Nick covers him with a carpet rug.
  • Amour (2012) [Georges]: Dies in his sleep; it’s not established he is dead until he sees the ghost of his wife (I haven’t seen all of this but I’ve read he dies at the end).

Notable Connections[]

  • Ex-Mr. Nadine Trintignant (director)

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