
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.
Known For | Writing |
---|---|
Most Rating | 0.021 |
Birthday | 1923-12-10 |
Place of Birth | Madrid, Spain |
Also Known As | Jorge Semprún Maura, Federico Sánchez, Jorge Semprun, |

1977

A Grin Without a Cat
7.7/23
French essay film focusing on global political turmoil in the 1960s and '70s, particularly the rise of the New Left in France and the development of s...
Watch Now
A Grin Without a Cat

1990

Rush - Voyage à Moscou
0/0
A document of Perestroika, to be viewed as (nearly) unedited rushes of a voyage to Moscow, preserved by compatriot Costa-Gavras. Says Émilie Cauquy of...
Watch Now
Rush - Voyage à Moscou

2023

The Many Lives of Jorge Semprún
6/1
The incredible life of Jorge Semprún (1923-2011): son of a republican intellectual; exiled in the early days of the Spanish Civil War; survivor of the...
Watch Now
The Many Lives of Jorge Semprún

1974

Les Deux mémoires
6/2
The two memories
Watch Now
Les Deux mémoires

2023

Inside a Nazi Mind: The Kindly Ones by Jonathan Littell
7.2/3
An analysis of The Kindly Ones, Jonathan Littell's controversial novel, published in 2006, which dissects the ruthless mechanisms of the Shoah from th...
Watch Now
Inside a Nazi Mind: The Kindly Ones by Jonathan Littell

2017

Valérian, histoire d'une création
7/2
Watch Now
Valérian, histoire d'une création

1971

You Speak of Prague: The Second Trial of Artur London
6.2/4
Artur London was arrested in 1951 in a Stalinist purge, imprisoned and tortured for two years and forced to confess in the Slansky Trial, one of the l...
Watch Now
You Speak of Prague: The Second Trial of Artur London

1966

The War Is Over
6.3/40
Diego is one of the chiefs of the Spanish Communist Party. On his way from Madrid to Paris, he is arrested at the border for an ID check but manages t...
Watch Now
The War Is Over

1999

Che: muerte de la utopia?
0/0
What does Che Guevara"s mythic presence represent to people at the turn of the century, and how do people define their concept of utopia?
Watch Now