Alex Bernard (born Albert Alexandre Bernard, March 11, 1882 – August 20, 1968) was a French silent film actor.

Biography

Bernard was born on March 11, 1882 in

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. He is best known for acting in

silent films A silent film is a film without synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, wh ...

such as ''

Cabiria ''Cabiria'' is a 1914 Italian Epic film, epic silent film, directed by Giovanni Pastrone and shot in Turin. The film is set in ancient Sicily, Carthage, and Cirta during the period of the Second Punic War (218–202 BC). It follows the story o ...

'', directed by

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(1914), and ''

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'' directed by

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(1925). He also appeared in

sound film A sound film is a Film, motion picture with synchronization, synchronized sound, or sound technologically coupled to image, as opposed to a silent film. The first known public exhibition of projected sound films took place in Paris in 1900, bu ...

s from the 1930s. He died on August 20, 1968 in

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Featured filmography

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The House of Pulcini ''The House of Pulcini'' () is a 1924 Italian silent film directed by Mario Camerini and starring Diomira Jacobini, Amleto Novelli and Franz Sala.Poppi p.84 Cast * Diomira Jacobini as Lauretta * Amleto Novelli as Count Landi * Franz Sala ...

'' * ''

Company and the Crazy ''Company and the Crazy'' () is a 1928 silent Italian film directed by Mario Almirante. The film features an early onscreen performance from Vittorio De Sica. Cast * Vasco Creti as Momi Tamberlan * Carlo Tedeschi as Bortolo Cioci * Alex Bern ...

'' * ''

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Little Lise ''Little Lise'' (French: ''La petite Lise'') is a 1930 French drama film directed by Jean Grémillon and starring Nadia Sibirskaïa.Andrew p.107 It was shot at the Joinville Studios of Pathé in Paris. The film's sets were designed by Guy de Gas ...

'' * '' The Carnival of Venice'' (1928) * ''

The Darling of Paris ''The Darling of Paris'' is a 1917 American silent romantic drama film directed by J. Gordon Edwards and starring Theda Bara and Glen White. It was a very loose film adaptation of the 1831 novel ''The Hunchback of Notre-Dame'' by Victor Hug ...

'' (1931) * '' Kameradschaft'' (1931) *''

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'' (1933) * ''

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'' (1934) * ''

La Maternelle ''La Maternelle'' (1904; "The Kindergarten") is a Prix Goncourt winning novel by French author Léon Frapié. It was adapted to film as ''La Maternelle (film), La Maternelle'' (1933). It is a kind of autobiographical novel by proxy since its auth ...

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* 1968 deaths 1882 births French male film actors French male silent film actors Male actors from Paris 20th-century French male actors {{france-film-actor-1880s-stub