Philippe Volter
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Philippe Volter (23 March 1959 – 13 April 2005) was a Belgian actor and director. Born Philippe Wolter to theatre director Claude Volter and his wife, actress Jacqueline Bir, young Philippe began his career in Brussels in 1985.
He made many stage and film appearances, the latter of which peaked with such successful arthouse films as The Music Teacher (1988), The Double Life of Véronique (1991) and Blue (1993). Other appearances include Macbeth (1987) and The Five Senses (1999). Upon his father's death in 2002, he returned to Belgium and became artistic director for the Comedy Claude Volter.
Philippe Volter committed suicide in 2005, aged 46.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.344 |
| Birthday | 1959-03-23 |
| Place of Birth | Uccle, Belgium |
| Also Known As |
1993
Three Colors: Blue
7.6/1883
The wife of a famous composer survives a car accident that kills her husband and daughter. Now alone, she shakes off her old identity and explores her...
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Three Colors: Blue
1991
The Double Life of Véronique
7.49/894
Véronique is a beautiful young French woman who aspires to be a renowned singer; Weronika lives in Poland, has a similar career goal and looks identic...
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The Double Life of Véronique
1990
Simple mortel
7/12
A young man, a researcher in ancient languages, begins to receive strange radio messages in a language only he knows. The messages ask him for very bi...
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Simple mortel
1999
The Five Senses
5.707/29
Interconnected stories examine situations involving the five senses. Touch is represented by a massage therapist who is treating a woman, while her da...
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The Five Senses
1989
Dark Woods
10/1
In this gothic romance based on a 1950s novel by Robert Margerit, after a whirlwind romance, Violette, a Parisian girl, has married Gustave Dupin, a c...
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Dark Woods
1990
Three Years
6.5/6
After the French defeat of 1870, Julia took three years to love Alexander, with whom she married for her fortune. Alas, when Julia wants to declare hi...
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Three Years
1997
Le Pantalon
6.611/18
Lucien is a young soldier in the French army during the First World War. Recently married and with a young daughter, his only aim is to get through th...
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Le Pantalon
1988
The Music Teacher
6.96/25
Aging opera singer Joachim Dallayrac retires from the stage and retreats to the countryside to school two young singers. Although the rigorous trainin...
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The Music Teacher
1995
Doctor Semmelweis
8/1
The story of famous Hungarian doctor Ignaz Semmelweis.
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Doctor Semmelweis
1992
Papa et rien d'autre
8/1
A widower fights to keep the custody of his daughter that his in-laws claim.
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Papa et rien d'autre
1999
Tørst - Framtidens forbrytelser
7/1
Anthology film based on three short stories by Knut Hamsun, updated to modern times.
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Tørst - Framtidens forbrytelser
1999
Night of Destiny
7/2
Mr. Slimami is an Algerian retiree living in Paris who witnesses a murder while taking a walk one evening. He's spotted by the assailant, but Slimami...
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Night of Destiny
1997
À chacun son tour
7/1
A German police commissioner investigates the murders of several Tour de France yellow jerseys.
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À chacun son tour
2001
And God Came Down to See Us…
7/2
Kesten is a picturesque village on the border between Bulgaria, Turkey and Greece. A French sociologist named Franæois Denis comes to the village to s...
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And God Came Down to See Us…
1995
Charlotte dite 'Charlie'
3/3
Two teenage girls are rehearsing a scene from a play by Marivaux, a love scene, and from the first seconds, we know who will be the heroine, who will...
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Charlotte dite 'Charlie'
1993
Abracadabra
8.833/3
As an amateur magician, Phil is probably okay, but as a small-time criminal, he is definitely not destined for the big-time. When he is granted a twen...
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Abracadabra
2002
Madame Sans-Gêne
10/1
In August 1792, on the eve of the attack on the Tuileries, Catherine Hubscher, a laundress in Paris, met a sergeant and an artillery lieutenant who wo...
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Madame Sans-Gêne
2003
Resistance
5.091/11
The epic tale of an American reconnaissance pilot downed in occupied Belgium at the height of World War II. Hidden by resistance fighters, the pilot f...
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Resistance
2005
Les gens honnêtes vivent en France
2.857/7
With a law degree and a modest job at a municipal library, Rodolphe leads a simple life, torn between his love for South American authors and his secr...
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Les gens honnêtes vivent en France
2005
L'Enfant de personne
7.5/2
After suffering from amnesia for three long years following a terrible accident, a young woman learns that she may have a child. Whether fantasy or re...
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L'Enfant de personne
1992
Basse tension
10/1
A hitman must fulfill a contract aboard a train. He faces great difficulties going to the sleeping car where sleeps the man he must kill.
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Basse tension
1990
Cyrano de Bergerac
7.32/824
Famed swordsman and poet Cyrano de Bergerac is in love with his cousin Roxane. He has never expressed his love for her as he his large nose undermines...
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Cyrano de Bergerac
1996
Noces cruelles
0/0
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Noces cruelles
1994
Dernier stade
4.333/3
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Dernier stade
1993
Aline
7/1
Aline is Michel's daughter, whom he has taken away for the holidays. Aline agrees: she knows how much her father needs love. She knows it so well that...
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Aline
1988
Le prince barbare
0/0
451 AD. Defeated by the Romans, a group of Barbarians led by their prince make a desperate attempt at losing their pursuers by going deeper and deeper...
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