Philippe Volter

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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.

Most Popular Philippe Volter Trailers

Total trailers found: 26

Doctor Semmelweis Trailer (1995)

20 November 1995

The story of famous Hungarian doctor Ignaz Semmelweis.

Simple mortel Trailer (1990)

31 December 1990

A young man, a researcher in ancient languages, begins to receive strange radio messages in a language only he knows.

Charlotte dite 'Charlie' Trailer (1995)

31 May 1995

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 be Charlotte, the one who will, to summarize brutally, discover her homosexuality.

Three Colors: Blue Trailer (1993)

08 September 1993

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 newfound freedom but finds that she is unbreakably bound to other humans, including her husband’s mistress, whose existence she never suspected.

The Music Teacher Trailer (1988)

01 August 1988

Aging opera singer Joachim Dallayrac retires from the stage and retreats to the countryside to school two young singers.

Cyrano de Bergerac Trailer (1990)

28 March 1990

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 his self-confidence.

The Double Life of Véronique Trailer (1991)

15 May 1991

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 identical to Véronique, though the two are not related.

Aline Trailer (1993)

12 February 1993

Aline is Michel's daughter, whom he has taken away for the holidays. Aline agrees: she knows how much her father needs love.

The Five Senses Trailer (1999)

18 May 1999

Interconnected stories examine situations involving the five senses. Touch is represented by a massage therapist who is treating a woman, while her daughter accidentally loses the woman's pre-school daughter in the park.

Three Years Trailer (1990)

29 August 1990

After the French defeat of 1870, Julia took three years to love Alexander, with whom she married for her fortune.

Resistance Trailer (2003)

16 July 2003

The epic tale of an American reconnaissance pilot downed in occupied Belgium at the height of World War II.

À chacun son tour Trailer (1997)

19 December 1997

A German police commissioner investigates the murders of several Tour de France yellow jerseys.

Abracadabra Trailer (1993)

03 February 1993

As an amateur magician, Phil is probably okay, but as a small-time criminal, he is definitely not destined for the big-time.

Noces cruelles Trailer (1996)

11 May 1996

Night of Destiny Trailer (1999)

05 May 1999

Mr. Slimami is an Algerian retiree living in Paris who witnesses a murder while taking a walk one evening.

Basse tension Trailer (1992)

01 January 1992

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.

Papa et rien d'autre Trailer (1992)

02 November 1992

A widower fights to keep the custody of his daughter that his in-laws claim.

Dark Woods Trailer (1989)

23 August 1989

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 charming aristocrat, and returned with him to live on his country estate.

Dernier stade Trailer (1994)

30 November 1994

The negative physical and psychological effects of anabolic steroids, growth hormones, and masking agents are examined in this European drama which focuses upon the conflict felt by a young runner whose fear of failure exceeds her fear of the drugs.

Le Pantalon Trailer (1997)

08 December 1997

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 the war unscathed and get back to his wife and daughter.

Les gens honnêtes vivent en France Trailer (2005)

02 March 2005

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 secret passion for his colleague Agnès.

Tørst - Framtidens forbrytelser Trailer (1999)

26 February 1999

Anthology film based on three short stories by Knut Hamsun, updated to modern times.

Madame Sans-Gêne Trailer (2002)

11 February 2002

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 would become respectively Marshal Lefèvre and Emperor Napoleon I.

And God Came Down to See Us… Trailer (2001)

06 July 2001

Kesten is a picturesque village on the border between Bulgaria, Turkey and Greece. A French sociologist named Franæois Denis comes to the village to study the risk of ethnic conflict in this part of the Balkans.

L'Enfant de personne Trailer (2005)

26 August 2005

After suffering from amnesia for three long years following a terrible accident, a young woman learns that she may have a child.

Le prince barbare Trailer (1988)

14 November 1988

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 into the Alpine forests.