---
name: "Pierre Klossowski"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/pierre-klossowski"
fi1m_id: "pierre-klossowski"
imdb_id: "nm0460074"
tmdb_id: 545032
wikidata_id: "Q203674"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "8 August 1905"
died: "12 August 2001"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T16:14:21.053974+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Pierre Klossowski

## Identity

Pierre Klossowski

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/pierre-klossowski
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** pierre-klossowski
- **IMDb ID:** nm0460074
- **TMDB ID:** 545032
- **Wikidata ID:** Q203674
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Klossowski, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q203674, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0460074/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/545032

Actor. Born 8 August 1905 in Paris, France. Died 12 August 2001.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 8 August 1905, Paris, France
- **Died:** 12 August 2001
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Klossowski, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q203674, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0460074/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/545032

## Biography

Pierre Klossowski was a French actor, writer and philosopher. He appeared as the Merchant in Robert Bresson's *Au Hasard Balthazar* (1966). He also acted in *Roberte* (1979), playing Octave.

Klossowski was born in Paris in 1905 and died there in 2001. He was the brother of the painter Balthus. Primarily known for his novels, essays and philosophical works, he contributed to several films as a writer or participant, including *L'Hypothèse du tableau volé* (1978).

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, nybooks.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Au Hasard Balthazar* (1966), Fi1m 90, as Merchant — [page](https://film.one/film/au-hasard-balthazar.md)

## Complete filmography (7)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Sequence of Parallel Bars* (1992), Novel
- *Roberte* (1979), as Octave · Adaptation, Novel
- *The Suspended Vocation* (1978), Novel
- *The Hypothesis of the Stolen Painting* (1978), Writer
- *Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom* (1976), Thanks
- *Un film sur quelqu'un* (1972), Actor
- *Au Hasard Balthazar* (1966), as Merchant — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/film/au-hasard-balthazar.md)

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Grand prix national des Lettres 1981: Grand prix national des Lettres (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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