Jorge Semprún
Also Known As: Jorge Semprún Maura, Federico Sánchez, Jorge Semprun
Biography: Jorge Semprún Maura was a Spanish writer and politician. From 1953 to 1962, during the dictatorship of Francisco Franco, Semprún lived clandestinely in Spain working as an organizer for the exiled Communist Party of Spain, but was expelled from the party in 1964. After Franco's death and the change to a democratic government, he was Spain's Minister of Culture from 1988 to 1991. He was screenwriter for two successive films by Greek director Costa-Gavras. In 1996 he became the first non-French author to be elected a member of the Académie Goncourt, which awards an annual literary prize.
Department: Writing
Place of Birth: Madrid, Spain
Adult: No
Birthday: December 10, 1923
Age: 101 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: June 07, 2011
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A Grin Without a Cat
Overview: 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.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1977-11-23
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Rush - Voyage à Moscou
Overview: 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 Says Émilie Cauquy of the French Cinémathèque, "Astonishing unpublished travel diary, shot by Chris Marker in analog video on the occasion of a screening of L'Aveu in Moscow in 1990 [...]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".
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1990-02-03
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The Many Lives of Jorge Semprún
Overview: 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.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2023-12-06
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Les Deux mémoires
Overview: The two memories
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1974-02-27
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Inside a Nazi Mind: The Kindly Ones by Jonathan Littell
Overview: 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.
Genres: Documentary History TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2023-11-15
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Valérian, histoire d'une création
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2017-07-25
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You Speak of Prague: The Second Trial of Artur London
Overview: 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.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1971-06-15
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The War Is Over
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1966-05-11
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Che: muerte de la utopia?
Overview: 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?
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1999-06-12
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