Robert Liensol

Acting

Robert Liensol

Born — Died

1922-09-09 — 2011-02-13

Place of birth

Saint-Barthélémy

Known for

Acting

Credits

18 titles

Robert Liensol was born on 9 September 1922 in Saint-Barthélémy, French West Indies. He was an actor, known for L'exil du roi Behanzin (1994), Target (1985) and Coco-the-Flower, Candidate (1979). He died on 13 February 2011 in Paris, France. Robert Liensol founded in 1954 and managed to 1972 the "Compagnie des Griots", the first French company of black actors. In that troupe, were Darling Légitimus, Théo Légitimus, Jenny Alpha, Bachir Touré, Toto Bissainthe, Thimotée Bassari, Lydia Ewandéand Danièle Van Berkeycke. They created "Les Nègres" by Jean Genet, directed by Roger Blin, "La tragédie du Roi Christophe" and "Une saison au Congo" by Aimé Césaire both directed by Jean-Marie Serreau. He …

Known for

Kirikou and the Sorceress poster
7.4

Drawn from elements of West African folk tales, it depicts how a newborn boy, Kirikou, saves his village from the evil witch Karaba.

Kirikou and the Sorceress

1998

Snow poster
6.0

Anita is a barmaid at the center of a community of street preachers, prostitutes, dealers and users. When a beloved friend (and young drug dealer) is caught by narcotics agents, Anita takes it upon herself to score for his struggling clients.

Snow

1981

Kirikou and the Wild Beasts poster
6.6

Kirikou's grandfather thinks that the story of Kirikou and The Witch was too short, so he proceeds to explain more about Kirikou's accomplishments. We find out how the little boy became a gardener, a detective, a maker of pottery, a merchant, a traveler and a doctor.

Kirikou and the Wild Beasts

2005

Mazarin poster
7.0

The series Mazarin (1978) recounts the rise of Jules Mazarin, first an Italian diplomat and later France’s chief minister after Richelieu. The story shows how he earns the trust of Anne of Austria and becomes the political mentor of the young Louis XIV. Over the course of the episodes, Mazarin faces court intrigues, the hostility of powerful nobles, and the turmoil of the Fronde, which threatens royal authority and forces him into several periods of exile. Despite pamphlets and conspiracies, he manages to restore order and prepare the emergence of the future Sun King. The series thus portrays a skilled statesman, often contested but essential in shaping absolute monarchy.

Mazarin

1978

Target poster
5.9

A Texan with a secret past searches Europe with his son after the KGB kidnaps his wife.

Target

1985

Soleil O poster
6.8

An educated native of Mauritania tries to find work in Paris but encounters difficulty because of his race.

Soleil O

1973

Film credits

1990s · 3 titles

1980s · 7 titles

Snow poster
6.0

Anita is a barmaid at the center of a community of street preachers, prostitutes, dealers and users. When a beloved friend (and young drug dealer) is caught by narcotics agents, Anita takes it upon herself to score for his struggling clients.

Snow

1981

Target poster
5.9

A Texan with a secret past searches Europe with his son after the KGB kidnaps his wife.

Target

1985

Time to Kill poster
4.8

During the invasion of Ethiopia in 1936, a wounded Italian soldier ends up stranded in the desert after a truck wreck. He makes his way to the nearest army hospital, losing his sanity in the process.

Time to Kill

1989

Périgord noir poster
4.6

The recolonization of Africa, this time by the very blacks who had to flee it as exiles during the time of the original French occupation, is the theme of this political comedy. Adiza, who has been living well in France, has decided that she will return and buy the plantation she and her compatriots were expelled from, and enlists some unlikely helpers to bring them back into the country and enact their plot. Meanwhile, these "local" blacks are unwittingly accepted by the other landowners as more cheap labor.

Périgord noir

1989

Vivre libre ou mourir poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Vivre libre ou mourir

1980

Amok poster
8.0

A rural teacher discovers the harsh realities of his South Africa.

Amok

1983

The Old Sorceress & the Valet poster
6.0

An old couple, Eugenie and Armand, have been living in Paris since 1921 part of the wave of post-war immigration from Martinique. Eugenie, a former dancer with Josephine Baker's Black Revue has become a professional quimboiseuse (practising black magic) for a white clientele. Armand who had been a servant is retired. Now they are both old and bitter and still quarreling with each other. One day they set out, arm-in-arm for a last promenade in the metropolis.

The Old Sorceress & the Valet

1987

1970s · 5 titles

Series credits