Acting

Anna Karina

Born September 22, 1940 · Solbjerg, Denmark

Died December 14, 2019 · aged 79

Anna Karina (22 September 1940 - 14 December 2019) was a Danish film actress, director, and screenwriter who spent most of her working life in France. Karina was known as a muse of the director Jean-Luc Godard, one of the pioneers of the French New Wave. Her notable collaborations with Godard include The Little Soldier (1960), A Woman Is a Woman (1961) and Vivre sa vie (1962). With A Woman Is a W…

Known For

The Truth About Charlie

The Truth About Charlie · 2002

The Truth About Charlie

MovieThrillerMystery

Regina meets charming Joshua while vacationing in Martinique, as she contemplates ending her whirlwind marriage to enigmatic Charlie. Upon her return to Paris, she finds that both her apartment and her bank account have been emptied, and her husband has been murdered. Stuck in ever-increasing danger and with four men pursuing her, another stranger offers assistance - but who can she trust?

Band of Outsiders

Band of Outsiders · 1964

Band of Outsiders

MovieCrimeDrama

Cinephile slackers Franz and Arthur spend their days mimicking the antiheroes of Hollywood noirs and Westerns while pursuing the lovely Odile. The misfit trio upends convention at every turn, be it through choreographed dances in cafés or frolicsome romps through the Louvre. Eventually, their romantic view of outlaws pushes them to plan their own heist, but their inexperience may send them out in a blaze of glory -- which could be just what they want.

Cléo from 5 to 7

Cléo from 5 to 7 · 1962

Cléo from 5 to 7

Agnès Varda eloquently captures Paris in the sixties with this real-time portrait of a singer set adrift in the city as she awaits test results of a biopsy. A chronicle of the minutes of one woman’s life, Cléo from 5 to 7 is a spirited mix of vivid vérité and melodrama, featuring a score by Michel Legrand and cameos by Jean-Luc Godard and Anna Karina.

Pierrot le Fou

Pierrot le Fou · 1965

MovieDramaRomance

Pierrot escapes his boring society and travels from Paris to the Mediterranean Sea with Marianne, a girl chased by hit-men from Algeria. They lead an unorthodox life, always on the run.

To Each His Own Cinema

To Each His Own Cinema · 2007

To Each His Own Cinema

MovieComedyDrama

Commissioned to mark the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival, "To Each His Own Cinema" brought together 33 of the world's pre-eminent filmmakers to produce short pieces exploring the multifarious facets of cinema and their perspective on the state of their chosen artform in the early 21st century.

Vivre Sa Vie

Vivre Sa Vie · 1962

Twelve episodic tales in the life of a Parisian woman and her slow descent into prostitution.

Alphaville

Alphaville · 1965

MovieDramaScience Fiction

Lemmy Caution is on a mission to eliminate Professor Von Braun, the creator of a malevolent computer that rules the city of Alphaville. Befriended by the scientist’s daughter Natasha, Lemmy must unravel the mysteries of the strictly logical Alpha 60 and teach Natasha the meaning of the word “love.”

A Woman Is a Woman

A Woman Is a Woman · 1961

A Woman Is a Woman

MovieComedyDrama

Longing for a baby, a stripper pursues another man in order to make her boyfriend jealous.

Filmography

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The Truth About Charlie

The Truth About Charlie · 2002

The Truth About Charlie

MovieThrillerMystery

Regina meets charming Joshua while vacationing in Martinique, as she contemplates ending her whirlwind marriage to enigmatic Charlie. Upon her return to Paris, she finds that both her apartment and her bank account have been emptied, and her husband has been murdered. Stuck in ever-increasing danger and with four men pursuing her, another stranger offers assistance - but who can she trust?

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Band of Outsiders

Band of Outsiders · 1964

Band of Outsiders

MovieCrimeDrama

Cinephile slackers Franz and Arthur spend their days mimicking the antiheroes of Hollywood noirs and Westerns while pursuing the lovely Odile. The misfit trio upends convention at every turn, be it through choreographed dances in cafés or frolicsome romps through the Louvre. Eventually, their romantic view of outlaws pushes them to plan their own heist, but their inexperience may send them out in a blaze of glory -- which could be just what they want.

Odile

Cléo from 5 to 7

Cléo from 5 to 7 · 1962

Cléo from 5 to 7

Agnès Varda eloquently captures Paris in the sixties with this real-time portrait of a singer set adrift in the city as she awaits test results of a biopsy. A chronicle of the minutes of one woman’s life, Cléo from 5 to 7 is a spirited mix of vivid vérité and melodrama, featuring a score by Michel Legrand and cameos by Jean-Luc Godard and Anna Karina.

Anna, The Blonde Bride / Actress in Silent Film

Pierrot le Fou

Pierrot le Fou · 1965

MovieDramaRomance

Pierrot escapes his boring society and travels from Paris to the Mediterranean Sea with Marianne, a girl chased by hit-men from Algeria. They lead an unorthodox life, always on the run.

Marianne Renoir

To Each His Own Cinema

To Each His Own Cinema · 2007

To Each His Own Cinema

MovieComedyDrama

Commissioned to mark the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival, "To Each His Own Cinema" brought together 33 of the world's pre-eminent filmmakers to produce short pieces exploring the multifarious facets of cinema and their perspective on the state of their chosen artform in the early 21st century.

(segment "Artaud Double Bill") (archive footage)

Vivre Sa Vie

Vivre Sa Vie · 1962

Twelve episodic tales in the life of a Parisian woman and her slow descent into prostitution.

Nana Kleinfrankenheim

Alphaville

Alphaville · 1965

MovieDramaScience Fiction

Lemmy Caution is on a mission to eliminate Professor Von Braun, the creator of a malevolent computer that rules the city of Alphaville. Befriended by the scientist’s daughter Natasha, Lemmy must unravel the mysteries of the strictly logical Alpha 60 and teach Natasha the meaning of the word “love.”

Natacha von Braun

A Woman Is a Woman

A Woman Is a Woman · 1961

A Woman Is a Woman

MovieComedyDrama

Longing for a baby, a stripper pursues another man in order to make her boyfriend jealous.

Angela

Scheherazade

Scheherazade · 1963

MovieDramaAdventure

Sheherazade is promised to a powerful Sultan as a gift in exchange for free passage to the Holy Land. When the Sultan's underling saves her from certain death, she falls madly in love with her hero.

Shéhérazade

Chloé

MovieRomanceDrama

After a violent dispute with her mother, sixteen-years old Chloé ends up in the streets with nowhere to go. Then she finds Jean-Michel, a charming young man who will lead her to prostitution.

Katia

The Stranger

The Stranger · 1967

Meursault is a man who feels utterly isolated from everyone and everything around him. This alienation results in sudden, inexplicable bursts of violence, culminating in murder.

Marie Cardona

The Nun

The Nun · 1967

In eighteenth-century France, a girl is forced against her will to take vows as a nun. Three mothers superior treat her in radically different ways, ranging from maternal concern, to sadistic persecution, to lesbian desire.

Suzanne

The Camp Followers

The Camp Followers · 1965

The Camp Followers

In WWII, Lieut. Martino and his men are assigned to lead a group of prostitutes through the mountainous ways to serve in brothels for Italian soldiers in Albania.

Elenitza

Chinese Roulette

Chinese Roulette · 1977

Chinese Roulette

Ariane and Gerhard Christ, a wealthy Munich couple, plan for the weekend on separate trips, lying to the other about their trysts. However, their itineraries are complicated when they both arrive at the family's country home with their respective lovers.

Irene Cartis

Ave Maria

Ave Maria · 1984

Naive villagers find themselves duped by a pair of con artists who sweep into town proclaiming themselves "Holy Father" and "Holy Mother." Soon the pair of cons are making out like the bandits that they are, as the villagers hand over their money and their lands.

Berthe Granjeux

The Magus

The Magus · 1968

MovieMysteryDrama

A teacher on a Greek island becomes involved in bizarre mind-games with the island's magus (magician) and a beautiful young woman.

Anne

Regina Roma

Regina Roma · 1982

An aging couple search for peace and family harmony when their only son returns home after a long absence with his fiancee.

Regina

Living Together

Living Together · 1973

Living Together

A stodgy, married schoolteacher has a chance encounter with a free spirited young woman who loosens him up and introduces him to a hippie lifestyle.

Director

Made in U.S.A

Made in U.S.A · 1967

MovieCrimeMystery

Paula Nelson goes to Atlantic City to meet her lover, Richard Politzer, but finds him dead and decides to investigate his death. In her hotel room, she meets Typhus, whom she ends up knocking out. His corpse is later found in the apartment of David Goodis, a writer. Paula is arrested and interrogated. From then on, she encounters many gangsters.

Paula Nelson

Tender Sharks

Tender Sharks · 1967

MovieActionComedy

While an admiral's son is hunted by secret agents, his sister plays his part on a warship.

Elena / Costa

The Oldest Profession

The Oldest Profession · 1967

The Oldest Profession

MovieComedyDrama

A collection of sketches that tells the story of prostitution through the ages.

Natasha (segment "Anticipation, ou l'amour en l'an 2000")

Circle of Love

Circle of Love · 1964

MovieDramaComedy

In a chain reaction of romantic adventures, various people play musical beds in a remake of Max Ophul's "La Ronde."

Rose

Lamiel

MovieDramaComedy

Lamiel is a poor orphan girl who climbs to the social elite in this 19th-century costume drama. Sansfin, provincial doctor, lives vicariously through her, as he oversees the progress of his female protégé. Defiant and rebellious, Lamiel goes to Paris to escape boredom and to know love.

Lamiel

Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas

Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas · 2026

Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas

MovieDocumentary

"Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas" (2026) is a Brazilian film essay directed by Carlos Adriano. The film, which explores the impossibility of filming Marcel Proust's "In Search of Time That Flew", is presented as a collage of archival images and theories.

Nana Kleinfrankenheim / Odile (archive footage) (uncredited)

Z-Cars

Z-Cars or Z Cars is a British television drama series centred on the work of mobile uniformed police in the fictional town of Newtown, based on Kirkby, Merseyside. Produced by the BBC, it debuted in January 1962 and ran until September 1978.

Lady Customer (uncredited)

Madame le Juge

Madame le Juge · 1978

Emma