Pierre Barbaud

Known for Sound

10/10/1911

Saint-Eugène, Algiers, Algeria

Biography

Pierre Barbaud was born on October 10, 1911 in Saint-Eugène, Algiers, Algeria. He was a composer and actor, known for Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959), Den sommaren (1961) and La Pointe Courte (1955). He died on September 10, 1990 in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France.

Known For (3 credits)

6.4

Movie

The War Is Over

1966

Diego is one of the chiefs of the Spanish Communist Party. On his way from Madrid to Paris, he is arrested at the border for an ID check but manages to get free. When he arrives in Paris, he starts searching for one of his comrades to prevent him from going to Madrid where he could be arrested.

7.4

Movie

Last Year at Marienbad

1961

In a strange and isolated chateau, a man becomes acquainted with a woman and insists that they have met before.

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Movie

Hiroshima Mon Amour

1959

The deep conversation between a Japanese architect and a French actress forms the basis of this celebrated French film, considered one of the vanguard productions of the French New Wave. Set in Hiroshima after the end of World War II, the couple -- lovers turned friends -- recount, over many hours, previous romances and life experiences. The two intertwine their stories about the past with pondering the devastation wrought by the atomic bomb dropped on the city.