Jorge Semprún
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.
The War Is Over
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)Diego is one of the chiefs of the Spanish Communist Party. On his way from Madrid to Paris, he...
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A Grin Without a Cat
as Narrator (voice)French essay film focusing on global political turmoil in the 1960s and '70s, particularly the...
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You Speak of Prague: The Second Trial of Artur London
as Self - IntervieweeArtur London was arrested in 1951 in a Stalinist purge, imprisoned and tortured for two years...
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Inside a Nazi Mind: The Kindly Ones by Jonathan Littell
as Self - Writer (archive footage)An analysis of The Kindly Ones, Jonathan Littell's controversial novel, published in 2006, which...
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The Many Lives of Jorge Semprún
as Self (archive footage)The incredible life of Jorge Semprún (1923-2011): son of a republican intellectual; exiled in...
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Rush - Voyage à Moscou
as Lui-mêmeA document of Perestroika, to be viewed as (nearly) unedited rushes of a voyage to Moscow,...
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Apostrophes
as SelfApostrophes was a live, weekly, literary, prime-time, talk show on French television created and...
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