László Szabó

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	Acting
Most Rating	0.3075
Birthday	1936-03-24
Place of Birth	Budapest, Hungary
Also Known As	Laslo Szabo,

The Last Metro

Pierrot le Fou

La Barricade du Point-du-Jour

The Doll

The Alchemist and the Virgin

The Last Judgement But One

Godard's Passion

The Big O

Full Moon in Paris

The Sentinel

Made in U.S.A

Male of the Century

Adoption

Abandoned

Cold Water

Son of Gascogne

Ophélia

Mr. Universe

Dossier 51

The Little Soldier

Paroles et musique

The Red Poster

Special Delivery

The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man

Happening

Playing 'In the Company of Men'

Seaside, Dusk

Wrong-doers

Parc

Pleure Pas My Love

The Punishment

The Children Play Russian

Gardens in Autumn

The Fatal Shot

Unruly Heyducks

Temporary Paradise

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Modré z neba

Place Vendôme

Valparaiso, Valparaiso

Judith Therpauve

Favourites of the Moon

Weekend

Up, Down, Fragile

Rome Roméo

The Confession

Le Grand Escroc

Minden szerdán

The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers

Rue du Pied de Grue

Alphaville

Tolérance

Liberty at Night

Mange ta soupe

Légitime défense

Vivre Sa Vie

A Nice Neighbor

Accroche-cœur

Love on the Ground

Ismael's Ghosts

On appelle ça… le printemps

Laissé inachevé à Tokyo

Le Testament d'un poète juif assassiné

Salut, voleurs!

The Song of Roland

Stand Up Crabs, the Sea Is Rising!

Do You Know Sunday-Monday?

The Mysterious Death of Nina Chereau

Le Désir attrapé par la queue

Esther Kahn

The Vulture

The Last Summer

Cinématon

À double tour

Laços de Sangue

Katia

Cinématon XXIX

The Outskirts of Alphaville

Silence and Cry

Un an