László Szabó
László Szabó (born 24 March 1936) is a Hungarian actor, film director and screenwriter. Since 1952, he has appeared in more than 120 films. These include seven films that have been screened at the Cannes Film Festival. He was born to Béla Szabó and Margit Gulyás. Between 1954-1956 he was a student at the Budapest University of Technology , during which he performed in an amateur theater group. He applied to the Theater and Film Academy as an actor, but was not accepted. He left the country in the fall of 1956 and went to Paris . Like the French new wavers, he also visited Henri Langlois ' "liberty university of film history" at the Cinématheque, watched the film series, met and talked to the directors who presented their films, and while writing in the "cahiers", interviewed Buster Keaton together with Jacques Rivette . He and a friend dropped by on the set of Chabrol (Cousins), from whom he immediately received a one-sentence role. And in his next film, Locked with the Key , a longer one. After that, Godard gave him the role of the interrogator in The Little Soldier , which was followed by other roles in more recent Godard films. He is the favorite character actor of all the directors of the new wave, everyone has a role for him, they entrust him with strange, boho characters, who always have some disturbing and annoying ulterior motives. He also took a liking to directing, and made two new-wave French films. Truffaut wrote an appreciative review of the amusing film noir The White Gloves of the Devil . Zig-Zig was played by the new wave's favorite anti-star actress, Bernadette Lafont , and a cool star, Catherine Deneuve . This is also where the self-confidence and sardonic pungency of the new wavers can be felt. Like all actor-directors, he brought out the best in his actresses, skillfully mixing dark humor and tenderness. In the meantime, from the end of the 1960s he appeared in Hungarian films, and after many character roles, he got the lead role from Zsolt Kézdi-Kovács : Miklós Dibusz, the big snooty, sumák organizer, The nice neighbor . His first and so far the only Hungarian-French direction was based on Nándor Gion's novel: Sortűz for a Black Buffalo , and his first and so far only Hungarian direction: The Man Who Slept During the Day
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
as Russian InterrogatorSuccessful surgeon Tomas leaves Prague for an operation, meets a young photographer named...
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Alphaville
as Chief Engineer (uncredited)Lemmy Caution is on a mission to eliminate Professor Von Braun, the creator of a malevolent...
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Katia
as (uncredited)Tsar Alexandre II meets a young student, Katia. He understands that he loves her and try to send...
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Weekend
as L'Arabe (uncredited)A supposedly idyllic weekend trip to the countryside turns into a never-ending nightmare of...
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Vivre Sa Vie
as Injured Man (uncredited)Twelve episodic tales in the life of a Parisian woman and her slow descent into prostitution.
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Pierrot le Fou
as L'Exilé Politique (uncredited)Pierrot escapes his boring society and travels from Paris to the Mediterranean Sea with...
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The Last Metro
as Lieutnant BergenIn occupied Paris, an actress married to a Jewish theater owner must keep him hidden from the...
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The Confession
as Secret police manThe vice-minister of Foreign Affairs of Czechoslovakia, knowing he's being watched and followed,...
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The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers
as Police Inspector (segment "Le Grand escroc")Five swindle stories, taking place in five international cities: Tokyo, Japan ("Fumiko's Five...
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Full Moon in Paris
as Painter at CafeLouise is dissatisfied with her mundane life in a bleak Parisian new-town. She rents a...
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Made in U.S.A
as Paul WidmarkPaula Nelson goes to Atlantic City to meet her lover, Richard Politzer, but finds him dead and...
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Ismael's Ghosts
as Henri BloomJust as the disheveled and alcoholic filmmaker Ismaël embarks on a difficult new film project,...
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Le Petit Soldat
as LaszloDuring the Algerian war for independence from France, a young Frenchman living in Geneva who...
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Esther Kahn
as Ytzhok KahnA Jewish girl in 19th century London dreams of becoming a stage actress.
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Adoption
as JóskaWhen middle-aged Kata realises that her life will only be complete if she has a baby of her own,...
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Paroles et musique
as AlainWhen Peter, Margaux's American writer husband, leaves Paris in a funk and heads home, she finds...
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Godard's Passion
as LaszloWhile shooting a film, the director becomes interested in the unfolding struggle of a young...
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Place Vendôme
as Charlie RosenThe story of a woman that remained distracted for a long time from her life, from the passions...
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Dossier 51
as Le contact de Sarah RobskiA French diplomat is surveilled by a secret service to find a weakness for political control,...
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Cold Water
as Le père de GillesAn outer suburb of Paris, 1972. Gilles and Christine, both sixteen, are classmates and lovers...
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À double tour
as VladoThe mistress of the wealthy Henri Marcoux is murdered and the family accuses the milkman of...
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Favourites of the Moon
as TerroristA porcelain table service and a painting from the 19th century pass from hand to hand and...
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Ophélia
as uncreditedA young man becomes enraged when his mother remarries his wealthy uncle after his father dies.
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The Girl
as Francia autós (uncredited)A young woman leaves a state orphanage to find her mother in this interesting examination of how...
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Special Delivery
as Le gardienAn unexpected phone call from a certain Kirsch sets off a crisis between Catherine and Raphaël...
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The Sentinel
as PamiatA medical intern finds himself drawn into a world of international intrigue after discovering a...
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Up, Down, Fragile
as Le père de Louise (voice)The film will tell what happens to a group of characters, precisely between July 14 and August...
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Abandoned
as PolicemanÁron is a happy child in his family. But at some point things take a different turn, and his...
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Cinématon
as N°282Cinématon is a 156-hour long experimental film by French director Gérard Courant. It was the...
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Silence and Cry
as DetectiveSet during a turbulent era of disquiet, fear, persecution and terror, which permeates every...
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Son of Gascogne
as SelfYou're a provincial kid in Paris and suddenly you're the center of attention: Movie stars,...
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L'Affiche rouge
as Joseph BoczovA company wants to make a play about Mont Valerien resistant fighters who were shot by the Nazis...
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Stand Up Crabs, the Sea Is Rising!
as Le directeurBarely out of prison, where she spent five long years, a pretty prostitute sows disorder in the...
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Gardens in Autumn
as uncreditedWhen he loses his position as a powerful government minister, Vincent is dropped by his pretty...
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Mange ta soupe
as FatherA young man returns to the family home to face a childhood trauma: his brother's suicide, but...
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The Vulture
as Kovács századosTwo old women who happen to be pickpockets stole money from Simon, the taxi driver. The police...
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Wrong-doers
as ÍrnokThe second in command of a group of highwaymen, the only ones left of Hungary's freedom fighters...
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Minden szerdán
as GazsiStephen, living in a troubled family, breaks into a grocery store and wreaks vandalism. He is...
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Temporary Paradise
as László / Gérard1943. French POWs escape through Hungary towards the Balkan. Jacques and Gérard are caught and...
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Le Testament d'un poète juif assassiné
as Paul HamburgerThis somber drama chronicles the writings of Paltiel Kossover (Michel Jonasz), a Rumanian Jew...
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The Children Play Russian
as Jack Valenti: The producerA famous French filmmaker is hired by a major Hollywood producer to make a documentary on the...
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Laissé inachevé à Tokyo
as uncreditedA young woman travels to Japan to write a novel.
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Liberty at Night
as Le marionnettisteIn the mist of the Algerian events, a man finds a fugitive happiness beside a local woman.
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The Mysterious Death of Nina Chereau
as MaraisA woman accused of murder escapes an asylum and her psychiatrist tries to find her.
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Love on the Ground
as Virgil (as Laszlo Szabo)A playwright offers two actress friends the chance to appear in his new, unfinished play, which...
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Valparaiso, Valparaiso
as LazloAlain Cluny is Balthazar, a bumbling middle-aged intellectual who spouts off from time to time...
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The Fatal Shot
as BandiLaci and the divorced Klári decide to commit suicide, since neither's parents give them shelter,...
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Pleure Pas My Love
as uncreditedAfter the suicide of his actress-mother, a young man announces his identity to his father, who...
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The Doll
as uncreditedAn avant-garde political satire that takes place in a mythical country in South America. The...
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The Song of Roland
as Duc Naimes / Chevalier hongroisRoland des Roncesvalles is a legendary knight from the age of chivalry in France. In the...
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Binding Sentiments
as SzõlõsgazdaEdit, who became the wife of a politician out of a simple peasant girl, suddenly becomes a widow...
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Male of the Century
as The gangsterThe wife of an extremely jealous merchant is held hostage by a bank robber.
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Judith Therpauve
as uncreditedWhen her old resistance buddies come to her looking for someone to helm a financially troubled...
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Parc
as Balthazar RutuolaGeorges Nail lives in a new suburb. He's married, loves his wife, son and dog. Paul Hammer is...
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Happening
as uncreditedAt a reception, the guests amuse themselves with cruel games.
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On appelle ça… le printemps
as JeanFanfan leaves his friend Charles and thinks he can be accommodated by his friend, Joss. However,...
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Tolérance
as BernheimAn English hermit Rupert Everett) has somehow been brought to France in the period following the...
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The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man
as uncreditedThis is a dark story of a caring movie maker who struggles to make it and also struggles with...
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Do You Know Sunday-Monday?
as Szabó mérnökJuli is a 17-year-old student who takes a summer job in a local chemical factory. She is...
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The Punishment
as uncreditedAn aimless young woman is sent home from school with nothing to do. Drifting through the streets...
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The Last Judgement But One
as A másik nyomozóThe man is promoted and given a new assignment at his work-place. At home, he stares at a...
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The Last Summer
as uncreditedImre Horváth and his friends gather to celebrate his wife's birthday. They are confused because...
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Le Désir attrapé par la queue
as uncredited"Desire Caught by the Tail" - Described as surrealistic, absurd, and weird. The narrative is...
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Laços de Sangue
as PasteleroLina and Mariana run from an orphanage in Porto towards the south, in search of Lina's father....
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Le Grand Escroc
as The Police InspectorPatricia Leacock, reporter for an american television, is in Morocco on the trail of a...
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Playing 'In the Company of Men'
as Claude DoniolA troupe of actors rehearse a play. In the play-within-the-film, an ambitious son and his...
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Rome Roméo
as The producerDavid, 50 years old, returns to Rome for an appointment made 20 years earlier. The passion that...
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Un an
as PoussinVictoire wakes up one morning to find the body of her partner, Felix, lying on the floor of her...
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Seaside, Dusk
as uncreditedAlex gets a well-paid job from his friend Zsolt: he must smuggle drugs from Germany. Alex wants...
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Accroche-cœur
as The friend directorLeo just broke up with his wife, and the handsome architect wants to enjoy his sadness at this...
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Salut, voleurs!
as JoIn this French crime caper film, a young misfit who has grown tired of his job as a bank teller...
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La Page blanche
as Le père de Gilles1972. Gilles and Christine are a young couple who is struggling with family difficulties and...
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A Nice Neighbor
as uncreditedHungarian-born Laszlo Szabo returned to his native country to play the part of Dibusz in this...
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