László Szabó
László Szabó is known for Pierrot le Fou (1965), Vivre Sa Vie (1962), Alphaville (1965).
Biography
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
Questions about László Szabó
How many László Szabó films are in the catalogue?
The CineQuiz catalogue has 65 films with László Szabó, from 1959 to 2017.
What is the best rated László Szabó film?
The best rated László Szabó film in the catalogue is Vivre Sa Vie (1962), rated 7.7.
What was the first László Szabó film?
The first László Szabó film in the catalogue is Vivre Sa Vie, from 1962.
Who has László Szabó worked with the most?
In the catalogue, László Szabó shares the most credits with Raoul Coutard (6 films), Jean-Luc Godard (5 films) and Anna Karina (4 films).
People data: TMDb.
Known for
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7.7 Vivre Sa Vie
1962
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7.3 Pierrot le Fou
1965
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6.8 The Unbearable Lightness of Being
1988
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6.9 Alphaville
1965
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7.2 The Last Metro
1980
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6.9 Weekend
1967
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9.0 The Fatal Shot
1968
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5.5 Ismael's Ghosts
2017
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6.9 Le Petit Soldat
1963
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7.4 The Confession
1970
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6.8 Full Moon in Paris
1984
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4.6 Unruly Heyducks
1974
Trivia
- Also works as
- screenwriter · film director
- Studied at
- Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Trivia from Wikidata, licensed CC0.
Full filmography
94 films — 65 in the catalogue
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5.5
Ismael's Ghosts
2017 · Henri Bloom
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3.6 Parc
2009 · Balthazar Rutuola
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6.0 Gardens in Autumn
2006
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7.0 Un an
2006 · Poussin
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4.0 Quand les anges s'en mêlent
2006 · M. Jules
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7.3 Playing 'In the Company of Men'
2003 · Claude Doniol
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Alphaville, périphéries...
2003
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5.0 Special Delivery
2002 · Le gardien
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10.0 Léaud l'unique
2001 · Narrator (voice)
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6.2 Abandoned
2001 · Policeman
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7.8 On appelle ça… le printemps
2001 · Jean
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6.0 Esther Kahn
2000 · Ytzhok Kahn
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8.0 Balra a nap nyugszik
2000
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8.0 The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man
1999
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6.2 Place Vendôme
1998 · Charlie Rosen
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4.0 Az alkimista és a szűz
1998 · Charlie Rosen
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6.5 Mange ta soupe
1997 · Father
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4.0
Modré z neba
1997
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7.2 Up, Down, Fragile
1995 · Le père de Louise (voice)
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5.1 Le Fils de Gascogne
1995 · Self
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6.4 Cold Water
1994 · Le père de Gilles
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6.2 The Children Play Russian
1993 · Jack Valenti, the Producer
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8.0
Grand bonheur
1993 · Jean-Paul
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7.0 Laços de Sangue
1992 · Pastelero
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6.6 The Sentinel
1992 · Pamiat
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7.0 Rome Roméo
1992 · Producer
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5.0 The Last Summer
1991
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5.5 Tolérance
1989 · Bernheim
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9.0 Paperback Woman
1989 · Bernard
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4.0 Coupe franche
1989 · Dédé
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7.0 Pleure Pas My Love
1989
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4.3 The Mysterious Death of Nina Chereau
1988 · Marais
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8.0 Mr. Universe
1988 · Self
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6.5 Hanussen
1988
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8.0 Le Testament d'un poète juif assassiné
1988 · Paul Hamburger
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6.8
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
1988 · Russian Interrogator
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7.0 Accroche-cœur
1987 · Friend director
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L'homme qui a vu l'homme qui a vu l'ours
1987 · Kovacs
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5.0 Favorites of the Moon
1985 · Terrorist
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5.0 Paroles et musique
1984 · Alain
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5.8 Love on the Ground
1984 · Virgil (as Laszlo Szabo)
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6.3 Liberty at Night
1984 · Le marionnettiste
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6.8
Full Moon in Paris
1984 · Painter at Cafe
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4.0 Stand Up Crabs, the Sea Is Rising!
1983 · Le directeur
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Cinématon XXIX
1983 · N°282
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4.8 Laissé inachevé à Tokyo
1982
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6.1 The Vulture
1982 · Kovács százados
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5.6 Godard's Passion
1982 · Laszlo
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7.5 Ideiglenes paradicsom
1981 · László / Gérard
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7.2
The Last Metro
1980 · Lieutnant Bergen
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8.0 Légitime défense
1980
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4.2 Girls
1980
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7.0
Rue du Pied de Grue
1979 · Inspecteur Paluche
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6.5 Rosszemberek
1979 · Írnok
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Utolsó előtti ítélet
1979 · A másik nyomozó
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7.0 A kedves szomszéd
1979
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7.0 Minden szerdán
1979 · Gazsi
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4.9 Cinématon
1978 · N°282
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10.0 La Barricade du Point-du-Jour
1978 · Léo Frankel
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4.7 Como Se Estivesse Em Casa
1978 · Laci
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6.4 Judith Therpauve
1978 · Lepage
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5.5 The Song of Roland
1978 · Duc Naimes / Chevalier hongrois
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6.4 Dossier 51
1978 · Sarah Robski's contact
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7.6 The Red Poster
1976 · Joseph Boczov
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6.7 Adoption
1975 · Jóska
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7.5 Le Mâle du siècle
1975 · The gangster
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4.6
Unruly Heyducks
1974
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4.8 Álmodó ifjúság
1974
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7.0 Salut, voleurs!
1973 · Jo
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4.6 Valparaiso, Valparaiso
1973 · Lazlo
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7.4
The Confession
1970 · Secret Policeman
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7.2 Winter Wind
1969 · Allied Translator
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4.9 Você Conhece Sunday-Monday?
1969 · Szabó mérnök
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6.7 Binding Sentiments
1969 · Szõlõsgazda
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Happening
1968
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9.0
The Fatal Shot
1968 · Bandi
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7.1 Silence and Cry
1968 · Detective
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6.5 The Girl
1968 · Francia autós (uncredited)
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6.9
Weekend
1967 · L'Arabe (uncredited)
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Le Désir attrapé par la queue
1967
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6.1 Made in U.S.A
1967 · Paul Widmark
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7.3
Pierrot le Fou
1965 · The Political Exile (uncredited)
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6.9
Alphaville
1965 · Chief Engineer (uncredited)
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7.7 Le Grand Escroc
1964 · The Police Inspector
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5.4 The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers
1964 · Police Inspector (segment "Le Grand escroc")
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6.8 Ophélia
1963
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6.9
Le Petit Soldat
1963 · Laszlo
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5.5 The Doll
1962 · Pascual
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7.7
Vivre Sa Vie
1962 · Injured Man (uncredited)
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8.0 The Punishment
1962
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6.4 Katia
1959 · (uncredited)
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5.8 À double tour
1959 · Vlado
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Cinématon n°282 : László Szabó
no date · self
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6.3 Volley for a Black Buffalo
1985
People data: TMDb.
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