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Jorge Semprún
Biography
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

A Grin Without a Cat
as Narrator (voice)

The War Is Over
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Valérian, histoire d'une création
as Self (archive footage)

The Many Lives of Jorge Semprún
as Self (archive footage)

Les Deux mémoires
as Self

Che: muerte de la utopia?

Inside a Nazi Mind: The Kindly Ones by Jonathan Littell
as Self - Writer (archive footage)

Rush - Voyage à Moscou
as Self

You Speak of Prague: The Second Trial of Artur London
as Self - Interviewee