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László Szabó

Acting
1936-03-24
Budapest, Hungary
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
Known For 82 titles
Judith Therpauve (1978) subtitle poster
Judith Therpauve
1978 Movie
as Lepage
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Paroles et musique (1984) subtitle poster
Paroles et musique
1984 Movie
as Alain
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Male of the Century (1975) subtitle poster
Male of the Century
1975 Movie
as The gangster
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Special Delivery (2002) subtitle poster
Special Delivery
2002 Movie
as Le gardien
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Le Testament d'un poète juif assassiné (1988) subtitle poster
Le Testament d'un poète juif assassiné
1988 Movie
as Paul Hamburger
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Hanussen (1988) subtitle poster
Hanussen
1988 Movie
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Stand Up Crabs, the Sea Is Rising! (1983) subtitle poster
Stand Up Crabs, the Sea Is Rising!
1983 Movie
as Le directeur
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Ophélia (1963) subtitle poster
Ophélia
1963 Movie
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Dossier 51 (1978) subtitle poster
Dossier 51
1978 Movie
as Sarah Robski's contact
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Up, Down, Fragile (1995) subtitle poster
Up, Down, Fragile
1995 Movie
as Le père de Louise (voice)
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The Song of Roland (1978) subtitle poster
The Song of Roland
1978 Movie
as Duc Naimes / Chevalier hongrois
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Salut, voleurs! (1973) subtitle poster
Salut, voleurs!
1973 Movie
as Jo
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Légitime défense (1980) subtitle poster
Légitime défense
1980 Movie
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The Mysterious Death of Nina Chereau (1988) subtitle poster
The Mysterious Death of Nina Chereau
1988 Movie
as Marais
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Tolérance (1989) subtitle poster
Tolérance
1989 Movie
as Bernheim
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Accroche-cœur (1987) subtitle poster
Accroche-cœur
1987 Movie
as Friend director
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Gardens in Autumn (2006) subtitle poster
Gardens in Autumn
2006 Movie
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The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man (1999) subtitle poster
The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man
1999 Movie
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Le Grand Escroc (1964) subtitle poster
Le Grand Escroc
1964 Movie
as The Police Inspector
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Parc (2009) subtitle poster
Parc
2009 Movie
as Balthazar Rutuola
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Love on the Ground (1984) subtitle poster
Love on the Ground
1984 Movie
as Virgil (as Laszlo Szabo)
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Un an (2006) subtitle poster
Un an
2006 Movie
as Poussin
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Valparaiso, Valparaiso (1973) subtitle poster
Valparaiso, Valparaiso
1973 Movie
as Lazlo
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Laços de Sangue (1992) subtitle poster
Laços de Sangue
1992 Movie
as Pastelero
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