10-12-1923
Birthday
Sagittarius
Zodiac Sign
-
Genres
9
Total Films
Federico Sánchez, Jorge Semprun
Also known as (male)
Madrid, Spain
Place of Birth
10-12-1923
Birthday
Sagittarius
Zodiac Sign
-
Genres
9
Total Films
Jorge Semprun
Also Known As (male)
Madrid, Spain
Place of Birth
actor
9 Works
producer
0 Works
director
19 Works
writer
18 Works
other
0 Works
The Many Lives of Jorge Semprún
The incredible life of Jorge Semprún (1923-2011): son of a republican intellectual; exiled in the early days of the Spanish Civil War; survivor of the Buchenwald concentration camp during World War II; clandestine communist in Spain during Franco's dictatorship; controversial socialist politician; acclaimed writer, screenwriter and filmmaker.Year:
2023
Inside a Nazi Mind: The Kindly Ones by Jonathan Littell
An analysis of The Kindly Ones, Jonathan Littell's controversial novel, published in 2006, which dissects the ruthless mechanisms of the Shoah from the detached point of view of Maximilian Aue, a high-ranking Nazi officer.Year:
2023
Valérian, histoire d'une création
Year:
2017
Che: muerte de la utopia?
What does Che Guevara"s mythic presence represent to people at the turn of the century, and how do people define their concept of utopia?Year:
1999
Rush - Voyage à Moscou
A document of Perestroika, to be viewed as (nearly) unedited rushes of a voyage to Moscow, preserved by compatriot Costa-Gavras. Says Émilie Cauquy of the French Cinémathèque, "Astonishing unpublished travel diary, shot by Chris Marker in analog video on the occasion of a screening of L'Aveu in Moscow in 1990 [...] Armed with his camcorder, Marker films and records the comments, takes on the role of contemporary capital according to this unique ethnographic method that he has perfected".Year:
1990
A Grin Without a Cat
French essay film focusing on global political turmoil in the 1960s and '70s, particularly the rise of the New Left in France and the development of socialist movements in Latin America.Year:
1977
Les Deux mémoires
The two memoriesYear:
1974
You Speak of Prague: The Second Trial of Artur London
Artur London was arrested in 1951 in a Stalinist purge, imprisoned and tortured for two years and forced to confess in the Slansky Trial, one of the last Stalinist "show trials" in Eastern Europe. The documentary explores some of the reasons for the controversy aroused by Costa-Gavras' The Confession, which had been accused of being anti-communist, and it highlights the political importance of filmmaking which, by its nature, is a fiction intended for the general public.Year:
1971
The War Is Over
Diego is one of the chiefs of the Spanish Communist Party. On his way from Madrid to Paris, he is arrested at the border for an ID check but manages to get free. When he arrives in Paris, he starts searching for one of his comrades to prevent him from going to Madrid where he could be arrested.Year:
1966
