Jorge Semprún
Known for: Writing
Born: December 10, 1923
Died: June 7, 2011
Place of birth: Madrid, Spain
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.
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Filmography
22 movies · 8 TV shows, newest first
6.0
The Many Lives of Jorge Semprún
2023
7.2
Inside a Nazi Mind: The Kindly Ones by Jonathan Littell
2023
7.0
Valérian, histoire d'une création
2017
1.8
Le Temps du silence
2011
NR
Ah, c'était ça la vie!
2010NR
Literatur im Foyer
2000
7.0
Che: muerte de la utopia?
1999
3.6
Vivement dimanche
1998
6.0
K
1997
5.9
L'Affaire Dreyfus
1995
NR
Lo + plus
1995
5.1
Netchayev is Back
1991
NR
Rush - Voyage à Moscou
1990
NR
Meticulous and Desperate
1989
6.0
The Sidewalks of Saturn
1986
7.0
Los desastres de la guerra
1983
4.0
Roads to the South
1978
5.0
Ciné regards
1978
8.0
A Grin Without a Cat
1977
5.8
A Woman at Her Window
1976
7.1
Special Section
1975
8.5
Apostrophes
1975
5.9
Stavisky...
1974
6.0
Les Deux mémoires
1974
6.6
The Assassination
1972
6.6
You Speak of Prague: The Second Trial of Artur London
1971
7.4
The Confession
1970
7.8
Z
1969
5.9
Objective: 500 Million
1966
6.5
The War Is Over
1966