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Peter Kassovitz (born 7 January 1938) is a Hungarian-French film director and scriptwriter. Personal life [ edit ] He was born to Jewish parents in Budapest , Hungary . [1]
YearTitleRole2015Port-au-Prince, dimanche 4 janvierProducer & writer2014Un illustre inconnuActor2014Der letzte MentschActor2010ProducerPeter Kassovitz. Born in Budapest, he saw his parents taken away to a concentration camp when he was 5. Hidden by a Catholic family, he met his parents after the war (who surprisingly survived the camps). During the Hungarian revolution in 1956, he moved to Paris where he worked as an assistant camera operator and a cameraman.
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Peter Kassovitz. Director: Jakob the Liar. Born in Budapest, he saw his parents taken away to a concentration camp when he was 5. Hidden by a Catholic family, he met his parents after the war (who surprisingly survived the camps). During the Hungarian revolution in 1956, he moved to Paris where he worked as an assistant camera operator and a cameraman. He began directing in 1959.
Peter Kassovitz est né en 1938 en Hongrie dans une famille juive ashkénaze. Son père Félix Kassowitz est un dessinateur hongrois connu sous le pseudonyme « Kasso ». L'un de ses dessins est ultérieurement utilisé comme logo de Kasso Inc., société créée par Peter Kassovitz et son fils Mathieu Kassovitz . En 1956, à dix-huit ans, au ...
May 23, 2020 · Dad was the Hungary-born director Peter Kassovitz, his mum the film editor Chantal Rémy; Kassovitz grew up in central Paris, but gravitated towards the banlieue as a teen thanks to his ...
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Sep 19, 1999 · Article on director Peter Kassovitz, whose parents were Nazi concentration camp survivors and whose latest film, Jakob the Liar, starring Robin Williams, is about to open in New York; photo (M)
Sep 24, 1999 · The movie, based on a book by Jurek Becker and shot entirely on location in Eastern Europe, tells its story with admirable restraint. Director Peter Kassovitz, a 51-year-old Hungarian Jew, who saw ...
