László Szabó

Born: 1936-03-24

« Dans une petite ville en Hongrie, ma mère est morte au matin d'un lundi de Pâques. J'avais onze ans. L'après-midi, je suis allé au cinéma parce que je n'osais pas rentrer à la maison... ». Dès lors, ainsi qu'il le confiera à Libération, le jeune László Szabó ne cesse de fréquenter les salles obscures. Arrivé en France en 1956, il se lie d'amitié avec les "jeunes Turcs" des Cahiers du cinéma et devient un assidu de la Cinémathèque de Langlois. Claude Chabrol lui offre ses premiers rôles, dans Les Cousins puis A double tour, tous deux sortis en 1959. Compagnon de route de la Nouvelle Vague, il apparaît aussi chez Rohmer (Les Nuits de la pleine lune), Rivette (L'Amour par terre) et François Truffaut (Le Dernier Métro), mais c'est avec Jean-Luc Godard que se noue une collaboration privilégiée. Flic douteux dans Made in USA, ingénieur dans Alphaville, il tient des seconds rôles décalés dans la plupart des films que le cinéaste tourne dans les années 1960, mais on le retrouve en 1982 dans le rôle du producteur dans Passion. Jean-Luc Godard inspire à László Szabó le goût de mise en scène. L'acteur signe en 1973 un polar loufoque, Les Gants blancs du diable, puis, un an plus tard, Zig-Zig, une comédie avec Catherine Deneuve et Bernadette Lafont. Il retourne tourner en Hongrie ses deux longs-métrages suivants David, Thomas et les autres en 1985 et Az ember, aki nappal aludt(L’homme qui dormait le jour) en 2003. Mais László Szabó reste acteur, en France comme en Hongrie. Habitué aux personnages louches, il incarne, à partir des années 1990, des figures paternelles dans les œuvres de ces jeunes héritiers de la Nouvelle Vague que sont Olivier Assayas (L'Eau froide), Arnaud Desplechin (Esther Kahn) ou Mathieu Amalric(Mange ta soupe).


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The Unbearable Lightness of Being

as Russian Interrogator
Released: 1988-02-05

Successful surgeon Tomas leaves Prague for an operation, meets a young photographer named...

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Alphaville

as Chief Engineer (uncredited)
Released: 1965-05-05

Lemmy Caution is on a mission to eliminate Professor Von Braun, the creator of a malevolent...

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Pierrot le Fou

as L'Exilé Politique (uncredited)
Released: 1965-11-05

Pierrot escapes his boring society and travels from Paris to the Mediterranean Sea with...

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The Last Metro

as Lieutnant Bergen
Released: 1980-09-17

In occupied Paris, an actress married to a Jewish theater owner must keep him hidden from the...

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Weekend

as L'Arabe (uncredited)
Released: 1967-12-29

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)
Released: 1962-09-20

Twelve episodic tales in the life of a Parisian woman and her slow descent into prostitution.

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Full Moon in Paris

as Painter at Cafe
Released: 1984-08-29

Louise 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 Widmark
Released: 1967-01-27

Paula Nelson goes to Atlantic City to meet her lover, Richard Politzer, but finds him dead and...

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The Confession

as Secret police man
Released: 1970-04-29

The vice-minister of Foreign Affairs of Czechoslovakia, knowing he's being watched and followed,...

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Ismael's Ghosts

as Henri Bloom
Released: 2017-05-17

Just as the disheveled and alcoholic filmmaker Ismaël embarks on a difficult new film project,...

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Paroles et musique

as Alain
Released: 1984-12-19

When Peter, Margaux's American writer husband, leaves Paris in a funk and heads home, she finds...

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Le Petit Soldat

as Laszlo
Released: 1963-01-25

During the Algerian war for independence from France, a young Frenchman living in Geneva who...

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Dossier 51

as Le contact de Sarah Robski
Released: 1978-08-30

A French diplomat is surveilled by a secret service to find a weakness for political control,...

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The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers

as Police Inspector (segment "Le Grand escroc")
Released: 1964-08-14

Five swindle stories, taking place in five international cities: Tokyo, Japan ("Fumiko's Five...

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Cold Water

as Le père de Gilles
Released: 1994-07-06

An outer suburb of Paris, 1972. Gilles and Christine, both sixteen, are classmates and lovers...

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Godard's Passion

as Laszlo
Released: 1982-05-26

While shooting a film, the director becomes interested in the unfolding struggle of a young...

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Place Vendôme

as Charlie Rosen
Released: 1998-10-07

The story of a woman that remained distracted for a long time from her life, from the passions...

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À double tour

as Vlado
Released: 1959-12-04

The mistress of the wealthy Henri Marcoux is murdered and the family accuses the milkman of...

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The Sentinel

as Pamiat
Released: 1992-05-20

A medical intern finds himself drawn into a world of international intrigue after discovering a...

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Son of Gascogne

as Self
Released: 1995-02-18

You're a provincial kid in Paris and suddenly you're the center of attention: Movie stars,...

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Up, Down, Fragile

as Le père de Louise (voice)
Released: 1995-04-12

The film will tell what happens to a group of characters, precisely between July 14 and August...

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The Mysterious Death of Nina Chereau

as Marais
Released: 1988-08-24

A woman accused of murder escapes an asylum and her psychiatrist tries to find her.

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Favourites of the Moon

as Terrorist
Released: 1985-02-06

A porcelain table service and a painting from the 19th century pass from hand to hand and...

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Adoption

as Jóska
Released: 1975-09-25

When middle-aged Kata realises that her life will only be complete if she has a baby of her own,...

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La Barricade du Point-du-Jour

as Léo Frankel
Released: 1978-11-12

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Katia

as (uncredited)
Released: 1959-12-22

Tsar Alexandre II meets a young student, Katia. He understands that he loves her and try to send...

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Ophélia

as uncredited
Released: 1963-02-06

A young man becomes enraged when his mother remarries his wealthy uncle after his father dies.

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Cinématon

as N°282
Released: 1978-12-20

Cinématon is a 156-hour long experimental film by French director Gérard Courant. It was the...

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Binding Sentiments

as Szõlõsgazda
Released: 1969-01-09

Edit, who became the wife of a politician out of a simple peasant girl, suddenly becomes a widow...

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Esther Kahn

as Ytzhok Kahn
Released: 2000-10-04

A Jewish girl in 19th century London dreams of becoming a stage actress.

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The Song of Roland

as Duc Naimes / Chevalier hongrois
Released: 1978-10-04

Roland des Roncesvalles is a legendary knight from the age of chivalry in France. In the...

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Silence and Cry

as Detective
Released: 1968-06-12

Set during a turbulent era of disquiet, fear, persecution and terror, which permeates every...

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Temporary Paradise

as László / Gérard
Released: 1981-09-24

1943. French POWs escape through Hungary towards the Balkan. Jacques and Gérard are caught and...

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Judith Therpauve

as uncredited
Released: 1978-10-06

When her old resistance buddies come to her looking for someone to helm a financially troubled...

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The Girl

as Francia autós (uncredited)
Released: 1968-05-16

A young woman leaves a state orphanage to find her mother in this interesting examination of how...

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Love on the Ground

as Virgil (as Laszlo Szabo)
Released: 1984-10-17

A playwright offers two actress friends the chance to appear in his new, unfinished play, which...

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Le Testament d'un poète juif assassiné

as Paul Hamburger
Released: 1988-02-26

This somber drama chronicles the writings of Paltiel Kossover (Michel Jonasz), a Rumanian Jew...

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Abandoned

as Policeman
Released: 2001-08-28

Áron is a happy child in his family. But at some point things take a different turn, and his...

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Mange ta soupe

as Father
Released: 1997-11-12

A young man returns to the family home to face a childhood trauma: his brother's suicide, but...

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The Last Summer

as uncredited
Released: 1991-10-04

Imre Horváth and his friends gather to celebrate his wife's birthday. They are confused because...

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Happening

as uncredited
Released: 1968-10-18

At a reception, the guests amuse themselves with cruel games.

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L'Affiche rouge

as Joseph Boczov
Released: 1976-11-10

A company wants to make a play about Mont Valerien resistant fighters who were shot by the Nazis...

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Special Delivery

as Le gardien
Released: 2002-12-11

An unexpected phone call from a certain Kirsch sets off a crisis between Catherine and Raphaël...

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Wrong-doers

as Írnok
Released: 1979-08-02

The second in command of a group of highwaymen, the only ones left of Hungary's freedom fighters...

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Gardens in Autumn

as uncredited
Released: 2006-09-06

When he loses his position as a powerful government minister, Vincent is dropped by his pretty...

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Male of the Century

as The gangster
Released: 1975-03-12

The wife of an extremely jealous merchant is held hostage by a bank robber.

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Laissé inachevé à Tokyo

as uncredited
Released: 1982-08-13

A young woman travels to Japan to write a novel.

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The Vulture

as Kovács százados
Released: 1982-07-29

Two old women who happen to be pickpockets stole money from Simon, the taxi driver. The police...

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Stand Up Crabs, the Sea Is Rising!

as Le directeur
Released: 1983-08-17

Barely out of prison, where she spent five long years, a pretty prostitute sows disorder in the...

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Do You Know Sunday-Monday?

as Szabó mérnök
Released: 1969-08-14

Juli is a 17-year-old student who takes a summer job in a local chemical factory. She is...

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The Doll

as uncredited
Released: 1962-11-07

An avant-garde political satire that takes place in a mythical country in South America. The...

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Parc

as Balthazar Rutuola
Released: 2009-01-14

Georges Nail lives in a new suburb. He's married, loves his wife, son and dog. Paul Hammer is...

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Légitime défense

as uncredited
Released: 1980-07-18

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Le Désir attrapé par la queue

as uncredited
Released: 1967-07-24

"Desire Caught by the Tail" - Described as surrealistic, absurd, and weird. The narrative is...

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The Alchemist and the Virgin

as Charlie Rosen
Released: 1998-08-20

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The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man

as uncredited
Released: 1999-01-01

This is a dark story of a caring movie maker who struggles to make it and also struggles with...

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Playing 'In the Company of Men'

as Claude Doniol
Released: 2003-05-15

A troupe of actors rehearse a play. In the play-within-the-film, an ambitious son and his...

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Un an

as Poussin
Released: 2006-06-28

Victoire wakes up one morning to find the body of her partner, Felix, lying on the floor of her...

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Le Grand Escroc

as The Police Inspector
Released: 1964-08-14

Patricia Leacock, reporter for an american television, is in Morocco on the trail of a...

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The Children Play Russian

as Jack Valenti: The producer
Released: 1993-08-08

A famous French filmmaker is hired by a major Hollywood producer to make a documentary on the...

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Laços de Sangue

as Pastelero
Released: 1992-10-01

Lina and Mariana run from an orphanage in Porto towards the south, in search of Lina's father....

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Valparaiso, Valparaiso

as Lazlo
Released: 1973-03-31

Alain Cluny is Balthazar, a bumbling middle-aged intellectual who spouts off from time to time...

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Pleure Pas My Love

as uncredited
Released: 1989-01-18

After the suicide of his actress-mother, a young man announces his identity to his father, who...

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Liberty at Night

as Le marionnettiste
Released: 1984-10-03

In the mist of the Algerian events, a man finds a fugitive happiness beside a local woman.

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The Punishment

as uncredited
Released: 1962-03-10

An aimless young woman is sent home from school with nothing to do. Drifting through the streets...

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Minden szerdán

as Gazsi
Released: 1979-01-01

Stephen, living in a troubled family, breaks into a grocery store and wreaks vandalism. He is...

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Seaside, Dusk

as uncredited
Released: 2000-01-01

Alex gets a well-paid job from his friend Zsolt: he must smuggle drugs from Germany. Alex wants...

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The Last Judgement But One

as A másik nyomozó
Released: 1979-04-17

The man is promoted and given a new assignment at his work-place. At home, he stares at a...

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Rome Roméo

as The producer
Released: 1992-04-22

David, 50 years old, returns to Rome for an appointment made 20 years earlier. The passion that...

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The Fatal Shot

as Bandi
Released: 1968-10-02

Laci and the divorced Klári decide to commit suicide, since neither's parents give them shelter,...

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Tolérance

as Bernheim
Released: 1989-10-20

An English hermit Rupert Everett) has somehow been brought to France in the period following the...

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On appelle ça… le printemps

as Jean
Released: 2001-03-21

Fanfan leaves his friend Charles and thinks he can be accommodated by his friend, Joss. However,...

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Salut, voleurs!

as Jo
Released: 1973-06-21

In 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 Gilles
Released: 1994-11-11

1972. Gilles and Christine are a young couple who is struggling with family difficulties and...

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A Nice Neighbor

as uncredited
Released: 1979-03-26

Hungarian-born Laszlo Szabo returned to his native country to play the part of Dibusz in this...

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Deuil en 24 heures

as Pollock
First aired: 1982-10-09

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