Szabó László
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
Known For
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
1988
The Last Metro
1980
Pierrot le Fou
1965
Alphaville
1965
Vivre Sa Vie
1962
Weekend
1967
Place Vendôme
1998
Ismael's Ghosts
2017
Full Moon in Paris
1984
The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers
1964
Le Petit Soldat
1963
Mr. Universe
1988
Filmography
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
as Russian Interrogator · 1988
The Last Metro
as Lieutnant Bergen · 1980
Pierrot le Fou
as The Political Exile (uncredited) · 1965
Alphaville
as Chief Engineer (uncredited) · 1965
Vivre Sa Vie
as Injured Man (uncredited) · 1962
Weekend
as L'Arabe (uncredited) · 1967
Place Vendôme
as Charlie Rosen · 1998
Ismael's Ghosts
as Henri Bloom · 2017
Full Moon in Paris
as Painter at Cafe · 1984
The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers
as Police Inspector (segment "Le Grand escroc") · 1964
Le Petit Soldat
as Laszlo · 1963
Mr. Universe
as Self · 1988
The Confession
as Secret Policeman · 1970
Love on the Ground
as Virgil (as Laszlo Szabo) · 1984
Favorites of the Moon
as Terrorist · 1985
Up, Down, Fragile
as Le père de Louise (voice) · 1995
Made in U.S.A
as Paul Widmark · 1967
Katia
as (uncredited) · 1959
Dossier 51
as Sarah Robski's contact · 1978
Deuil en 24 heures
as Pollock · 1982
Girls
· 1980
Esther Kahn
as Ytzhok Kahn · 2000
À double tour
as Vlado · 1959
Godard's Passion
as Laszlo · 1982
Paroles et musique
as Alain · 1984
Male of the Century
as The gangster · 1975
The Song of Roland
as Duc Naimes / Chevalier hongrois · 1978
Minden szerdán
as Gazsi · 1979
The Fatal Shot
as Bandi · 1968
Son of Gascogne
as Self · 1995
On appelle ça… le printemps
as Jean · 2001
Le Dernier voyage du commandant le Bihan
as le lieutenant Le Bihan · 1972
Unruly Heyducks
· 1974
Hanussen
· 1988
Dreaming Youth
· 1974
Le Testament d'un poète juif assassiné
as Paul Hamburger · 1988
The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man
· 1999
Like An Airplane
as Jean, le taxi · 2002
Special Delivery
as Le gardien · 2002
La Barricade du Point-du-Jour
as Léo Frankel · 1978
Cold Water
as Le père de Gilles · 1994
Stand Up Crabs, the Sea Is Rising!
as Le directeur · 1983
Cinématon
as N°282 · 1978
Just Like at Home
as Laci · 1978
Judith Therpauve
as Lepage · 1978
The Sentinel
as Pamiat · 1992
The Mysterious Death of Nina Chereau
as Marais · 1988
Quand les anges s'en mêlent
as M. Jules · 2006
Playing 'In the Company of Men'
as Claude Doniol · 2003
Pleure Pas My Love
· 1989
The Girl
as Francia autós (uncredited) · 1968
The Outskirts of Alphaville
· 2003
Le Désir attrapé par la queue
· 1967
Silence and Cry
as Detective · 1968
Rue du Pied de Grue
as Inspecteur Paluche · 1979
The Children Play Russian
as Jack Valenti, the Producer · 1993
Liberty at Night
as Le marionnettiste · 1984
Gardens in Autumn
· 2006
Ophélia
· 1963
Abandoned
as Policeman · 2001
The Alchemist and the Virgin
as Charlie Rosen · 1998
Coupe franche
as Dédé · 1989
Do You Know Sunday-Monday?
as Szabó mérnök · 1969
Adoption
as Jóska · 1975
Léaud l'unique
as Narrator (voice) · 2001
Valparaiso, Valparaiso
as Lazlo · 1973
Cinématon n°282 : László Szabó
as self
Laissé inachevé à Tokyo
· 1982
Winter Wind
as Allied Translator · 1969
The Red Poster
as Joseph Boczov · 1976
Binding Sentiments
as Szõlõsgazda · 1969
Grand bonheur
as Jean-Paul · 1993
Mange ta soupe
as Father · 1997
Un an
as Poussin · 2006
The Big O
as Kovacs · 1987
Salut, voleurs!
as Jo · 1973
The Last Summer
· 1991
Légitime défense
· 1980
Le Grand Escroc
as The Police Inspector · 1964
The Doll
as Pascual · 1962
Laços de Sangue
as Pastelero · 1992
Tolérance
as Bernheim · 1989
Seaside, Dusk
· 2000
Happening
· 1968
Accroche-cœur
as Friend director · 1987
Paperback Woman
as Bernard · 1989
Parc
as Balthazar Rutuola · 2009
The Punishment
· 1962
Wrong-doers
as Írnok · 1979
A Nice Neighbor
· 1979
Temporary Paradise
as László / Gérard · 1981
The Vulture
as Kovács százados · 1982
The Last Judgement But One
as A másik nyomozó · 1979
Cinématon XXIX
as N°282 · 1983
Modré z neba
· 1997
Rome Roméo
as Producer · 1992