Yul Brynner, the Magnificent

Yul Brynner, the Magnificent

52 mins | Documentary, TV Movie | Dec. 2, 2020

The incredible story of the mythical Russian-American actor and filmmaker Yul Brynner (1920-85), the most exotic sex-symbol since Rudolph Valentino; the story of the atypical destiny of an international nomad: from the Parisian cabarets to the stages of Broadway and the Hollywood studios. The rise to fame of a multidisciplinary genius who became a king of the screen.

Yul Brynner, the Magnificent

52 mins | Documentary, TV Movie | Dec. 2, 2020

Yul Brynner, the Magnificent
The incredible story of the mythical Russian-American actor and filmmaker Yul Brynner (1920-85), the most exotic sex-symbol since Rudolph Valentino; the story of the atypical destiny of an international nomad: from the Parisian cabarets to the stages of Broadway and the Hollywood studios. The rise to fame of a multidisciplinary genius who became a king of the screen.
Producers ARTE, Ciné+, RTS, Darjeeling
Original title Les Mille et Une Vies de Yul Brynner
Directors Benoît Gautier, Jean-Frédéric Thibault
Writers Benoît Gautier, Jean-Frédéric Thibault

Cast

Julie Debazac

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Yul Brynner

as Self - Actor (archive footage)

Cecil B. DeMille

as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Charlton Heston

as Self - Actor (archive footage)

Ingrid Bergman

as Self - Actress (archive footage)

Doris Kleiner

as Self - Brynner's 2nd Wife (archive footage)

Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom

as Self (archive footage)