Dalida was a French singer, actress, dancer and record producer. Her songs have often appeared as soundtrack in movies and TV series, sometimes her originals, and sometimes covers.
The following Dalida songs have appeared in the formentioned motion pictures or TV series during and after her life:
Year | Motion picture | Songs | Director | Ref |
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1959 | Girls for the Mambo-Bar | "Am Tag, als der Regen kam" | Wolfgang Glück | |
1977 | Dalida pour toujours | Principal singer on entire soundtrack | Michel Dumoulin | [1] |
1979 | Série noire | "Le Lambeth Walk" | Alain Corneau | [2] |
1984 | La Triche | "Fini, la comédie" and "Je suis toutes les femmes" | Yannick Bellon | [3] |
1991 | Hors la vie (a.k.a. " Out of Life ") | "Salma ya salama" | Maroun Bagdadi | [4] |
1994 | Mina Tannenbaum | "Il venait d'avoir 18 ans" | Martine Dugowson | [5] |
1995 | Gazon Maudit (a.k.a. "French Twist") | "Histoire d'un amour" | Josiane Balasko | [6] |
1995 | Pigalle | Unknown | Karim Dridi | [7] |
1996 | Pédale douce | "Bambino", "Salma ya salama" and "Je suis toutes les femmes" | Gabriel Aghion | [8] |
1996 | Un Air de Famille (a.k.a. "Family Resemblances" (US)) | "Come prima" | Cédric Klapisch | [9] |
1997 | On connaît la chanson a.k.a. " Same Old Song " (US) | "Paroles, paroles" | Alain Resnais | [10] |
1997 | Mémoires d'immigrés, l'héritage maghrébin | "Helwa ya baladi" | Yamina Benguigui | [11] |
1998 | A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries a.k.a. "La fille d'un soldat ne pleure jamais" (France) a.k.a. "Soldier's Daughter Never Cries" (Australia: TV title) | "Ciao amore ciao" | James Ivory | [12] |
1999 | Novios | "Gigi l'Amoroso" | Joaquín Oristrell | [13] |
1999 | Recto/Verso | "Paroles, paroles" | Jean-Marc Longval | [14] |
1999 | Tontaine et Tonton | "Il venait d'avoir 18 ans" and "Gigi l'amoroso" | Tonie Marshall | [15] |
1999 | Un pont entre deux rives a.k.a. "The Bridge" | Unknown | Gérard Depardieu | [16] |
2001 | Souffle | "Buenas noches mi amor" | Muriel Coulin and Delphine Coulin | [17] |
2001 | Mauvais genres a.k.a. "Transfixed" (Canada: English title: festival title) (US) a.k.a. "Bad Genres" (International: English title: festival title) a.k.a. "Gender Bias" (US) | "Il venait d'avoir 18 ans" | Francis Girod | [18] |
2001 | Absolument fabuleux | "Il venait d'avoir 18 ans" | Gabriel Aghion | [19] |
2001 | C'est la vie | "Darla dirladada" | Jean-Pierre Améris | [20] |
2001 | Paroles de Bibs | "Paroles, paroles" | Jocelyne Lemaire-Darnaud | [21] |
20XX | La Bonne Addresse | "Pezzettini di bikini" | Gary Goldman | [22] |
2002 | L'Adversaire a.k.a. " The Adversary " | "Histoire d'un amour" | Nicole Garcia | [23] |
2003 | Perduto Amor | "Itsi bitsi petit bikini" | Franco Battiato | [24] |
2005 | Dalida | Principal singer on entire soundtrack | Joyce Buñuel | [25] |
2005 | L'un reste, l'autre part | "Il venait d'avoir 18 ans" | Claude Berri | [26] |
2005 | The Secret Life of Words (International: English title) (UK) (US) a.k.a. " La vida secreta de las palabras " (Spain) a.k.a. " La vida secreta de les paraules " (Spain: Catalan title) | "Histoire d'un amour" | Isabel Coixet | [27] |
2006 | OSS 117, Le Caire nid d'espions a.k.a. " OSS 117, Nest of Spies " | "Bambino" | Michel Hazanavicius | [28] |
2007 | Michou D'Auber | "Bambino" | Thomas Gilou | [29] |
2007 | L'Ennemi intime a.k.a. "Intimate Enemies" (Canada: English title) | "Come prima" | Florent Emilio Siri | [30] |
2008 | Mesrine : L'Instinct de mort | "Romantica" and "La Danse de Zorba" | Jean-François Richet | [31] |
2010 | Les Amours Imaginaires (Canada: Original title) a.k.a. "Heartbeats" (US) (Europe: English title: festival title) a.k.a. Fantastikes agapes (Greece: Greek title) a.k.a. Love, Imagined (International: English title) | "Bang Bang" | Xavier Dolan | [32] |
2011 | Les femmes du 6è étage (France: Original title) a.k.a. "Las chicas de la 6ª planta" (Spanish title) a.k.a. "The Women on the 6th Floor" (English title) a.k.a. "Service Entrance" | "Itsi bitsi petit bikini" | Philippe Le Guay | [33] |
2011 | Le Skylab | "Bambino" | Julie Delpy | [34] |
2014 | Apprenti Gigolo | "La Violetera" and "Le Torrent" | John Turturro | [35] |
2017 | Dalida | Principal singer on entire soundtrack | Lisa Azuelos | [36] |
2018 | Love Addict | "Monday, Tuesday...Laissez-moi danser" | Frank Bellocq | |
2021 | No Time to Die | "Dans la ville endormie" | Cary Joji Fukunaga |
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