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Marceline Loridan Ivens(1928-2018)

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  • Actress
  • Writer
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Marceline Loridan Ivens in Chronicle of a Summer (1961)
Marceline Loridan-Ivens (née Marceline Rosenberg) was an Holocaust survivor. She was born in France, the daughter of Polish Jewish parents who emigrated to France in 1919. She survived Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen, and Theresienstadt. In WWII she was part of the Résistance. She was captured by the Gestapo and deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau (in the same transport than Simone Veil) on April 13, 1944 (she was then 16 years old). She was transferred to Bergen-Belsen and to Theresienstadt. She was liberated on May 10, 1945.

In 1963 she married Dutch documentary filmmaker Joris Ivens. They remained married until his death.
BornMarch 19, 1928
DiedSeptember 18, 2018(90)
BornMarch 19, 1928
DiedSeptember 18, 2018(90)
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  • Awards
    • 4 wins total

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Known for

Anouk Aimée in The Birch-Tree Meadow (2003)
The Birch-Tree Meadow
6.5
  • Director(as Marceline Loridan-Ivens)
  • 2003
The Football Incident
6.5
Short
  • Director(as Marceline Loridan)
  • 1976
Les kazaks (1977)
Les kazaks
7.2
  • Director(as Marceline Loridan)
  • 1977
A Tale of the Wind (1988)
A Tale of the Wind
6.8
  • Writer(as Marceline Loridan)
  • 1988

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Director



  • Anouk Aimée in The Birch-Tree Meadow (2003)
    The Birch-Tree Meadow
    6.5
    • Director (as Marceline Loridan-Ivens)
    • 2003
  • Les ouigours (1977)
    Les ouigours
    7.4
    Short
    • Director (as Marceline Loridan)
    • 1977
  • Les kazaks (1977)
    Les kazaks
    7.2
    • Director (as Marceline Loridan)
    • 1977
  • The Football Incident
    6.5
    Short
    • Director (as Marceline Loridan)
    • 1976
  • Comment Yukong déplaça les montagnes (1976)
    Comment Yukong déplaça les montagnes
    7.8
    • Director
    • 1976
  • 17th Parallel: Vietnam in War (1968)
    17th Parallel: Vietnam in War
    7.5
    • Director
    • 1968
  • Marceline Loridan Ivens and Jean-Pierre Sergent in Algérie, année zéro (1965)
    Algérie, année zéro
    6.4
    Short
    • Director (as Marceline Loridan)
    • 1965

Actress



  • Fanny Ardant and Laurent Lafitte in Bright Days Ahead (2013)
    Bright Days Ahead
    6.3
    • L'octogénaire (as Marceline Loridan-Ivens)
    • 2013
  • Une belle croisière
    Short
    • (as Marceline Loridan)
    • 2008
  • God's Offices (2008)
    God's Offices
    6.1
    • Marceline (as Marceline Loridan-Ivens)
    • 2008
  • La fabrique des sentiments (2008)
    La fabrique des sentiments
    6.1
    • Esther (as Marceline Loridan-Ivens)
    • 2008
  • In Praise of Love (2001)
    In Praise of Love
    6.3
    • Woman in movie theatre
    • 2001
  • Maybe (1999)
    Maybe
    5.8
    • Madeleine
    • 1999
  • Golem, the Spirit of the Exile (1992)
    Golem, the Spirit of the Exile
    5.4
    • Le Mère d'Opra (as Marceline Loridan)
    • 1992

Writer



  • Anouk Aimée in The Birch-Tree Meadow (2003)
    The Birch-Tree Meadow
    6.5
    • Writer (as Marceline Loridan-Ivens)
    • 2003
  • A Tale of the Wind (1988)
    A Tale of the Wind
    6.8
    • Writer (as Marceline Loridan)
    • 1988
  • Les ouigours (1977)
    Les ouigours
    7.4
    Short
    • Writer (as Marceline Loridan)
    • 1977
  • Les kazaks (1977)
    Les kazaks
    7.2
    • Writer (as Marceline Loridan)
    • 1977
  • The People and Their Guns
    • Writer
    • 1970

Personal details

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  • Official sites
    • France's national library catalogue
    • Publisher (french)
  • Alternative names
    • Marceline Loridan
  • Born
    • March 19, 1928
    • Epinal, Vosges, Lorraine, France
  • Died
    • September 18, 2018
    • Paris, France
  • Spouses
      Joris Ivens1976 - June 28, 1989 (his death)
  • Other works
    Book: "L'amour après". Paris: Grasset. ISBN 9782246812432 with Judith Perrignon
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Article

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  • Trivia
    She gave a moving testimony at Simone Veil's burial about the time both of them were at Birkenau in 1944 and their continuing friendship since then.

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  • When did Marceline Loridan Ivens die?
    September 18, 2018
  • How old was Marceline Loridan Ivens when she died?
    90 years old
  • Where did Marceline Loridan Ivens die?
    Paris, France
  • When was Marceline Loridan Ivens born?
    March 19, 1928
  • Where was Marceline Loridan Ivens born?
    Epinal, Vosges, Lorraine, France

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