Roland Petit created "Le Jeune Homme et la Mort" for his wife who became famous for playing the title role in which film?
Le jeune homme et la mort Le Jeune Homme et la Mort is a ballet by Roland Petit, choreographed in 1946 to Bach's "Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor", BWV 582, with a one-act libretto by Jean Cocteau. It tells the story of a young man driven to suicide by his faithless lover. Sets were by Georges Wakhévitch and costumes variously reported as being by Karinska or Cocteau. Petit is purported to have created "Le Jeune Homme et la Mort" for his wife Zizi Jeanmaire, but it was danced by Jean Babilée and Nathalie Philippart at its 25 June 1946 premiere at the Ballets des Champs-Elysées with costumes by Tom Keogh.
Irène Tunc Irène Tunc (25 September 1935 – 16 January 1972) was a French actress and model. She was crowned Miss France in 1954. She was the wife of film director Alain Cavalier and she died in a car crash in 1972. She appeared in 35 films and television shows between 1955 and 1971.