Claude Carvin
Acting
Biography
Claude Carvin (born in 1939) is a French actor whose career spanned from 1958 to 1999. He appeared in several notable French television and film productions, including Les Brigades du Tigre, Châteauvallon, and Mazarin (1978), where he contributed to the historical reconstruction of the 17th century under the direction of Marion Sarraut. He also appeared in films such as Le Gendarme en balade and OSS 117 tue le taon. Known for his steady presence and versatility, he established himself as a reliable character actor who helped shape French television fiction over more than four decades.
Known For
Les Cinq Dernieres Minutes is a crime based French television series
Les Cinq Dernières Minutes
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Châteauvallon
The whole clique of Cruchot's police station is retired. Now he lives with his rich wife in her castle - and is bored almost to death. He fights with the butler, because he isn't even allowed to do the simple works. But when one of the clique suffers from amnesia after an accident, all of the others reunite and kidnap him, to take him on a tour to their old working places and through their memories. In their old uniforms they turn St. Tropez upside down.
The Gendarme Takes Off
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
Antoine Saint-Just, comrade of Robespierre and youngest member of the Committee of Public Safety, is drawn into the tempestuous political & military conflicts of France under the Terror.
Saint-Just and the Force of Things
An American traveling in Europe suddenly disappears, and his daughter, married to an eminent scientist, receives a letter asking her to go to Antwerp, which she does with her young son. Both are about to disappear. OSS 117 is asked by his superiors to solve these mysterious disappearances.
OSS 117 tue le taon
The crew of an aircraft carrier discovers that it is being pursued by a UFO that turns out to be a radioactive probe from outer space. They appeal to the warring countries of Earth to stop fighting and help it to repel the invaders.