Loridan-Ivens, Marceline

(Marceline Rosenberg / March 19, 1928, Epinal, Vosges, France - )

   The daughter of Polish Jews who settled in France in 1919, she joined the French Resistance in 1943. Cap­tured by the Gestapo, she was sent with her father to Auschwitz-Birkenau, then Bergen-Belsen, and finally Theresienstadt concentration camps (1944-1945). In 1961, she made her film debut appearing as herself in Edgar Morin and Jean Rouch's documentary (Chro­nique d'un Eté / USA: Chronicle of a Summer / Chronicle of a Summer: Paris, 1960, documentary). She played in a handful of movies (1992 Golem, l'Esprit de l'Exil / Golem, lo spirito dell' esilio / Golem, the Ghost of Exile / Golem, the Spirit of the Exile; Amos Gitai, France / Italy / Germany / Netherlands / UK; 1999 Peut-être / USA: Maybe / Perhaps, Cédric Klapisch; 2008 La Fabrique des Sentiments, Jean-Marc Moutout; Les Bureaux de Dieu, Claire Simon, France / Belgium). The wife and assistant of Dutch documentary director Joris Ivens (1898-1989), she co-wrote Une Histoire de Vent / Eine Gescichte uber den Wind / USA: A Tale of the Wind (documentary, Joris Ivens, also actress as herself). Au­tobiography: 2008 Ma Vie Balagan (Robert Laffont).

 Filmography

1962 ◘ Algérie, Année Zéro (documentary; co-director with Jean-Pierre Sergent)

1968 ◘ 17ème Parallèle: La Guerre du Peuple / USA: 17th Parallel:Vietnam in War (documentary; co-director with Joris Ivens)

1970 ◘ Le Peuple et ses Fusils / La Guerre populaire au Laos / USA: The People and Their Guns (documentary; co-director with Joris Ivens, Jean-Pierre Sergent; also co-screenwriter, actor as herself; shot in 1968)

        ◘ Rencontre avec le Président Ho-Chi-Minh (documentary; co-director with Joris Ivens)

        ◘ Comment Yu-Kong déplaça les Montagnes (documentary; five features: "L'Usine de Généra­teurs" "La Pharmacie de Changhaï", "Autour du Pétrole: Taking", "Une Femme, une Famille", "Un Village de Pêcheurs"; two medium-length fea­tures: "Une Caserne", "Impressions d'une Ville: Changhaï"; five shorts: "Histoire d'un Ballon: Le Lycée 31 à Pékin", "Le Professeur Tsien", "Une Répétition à l'Opéra de Pékin" "Entraînement au Cirque de Pékin", "Les Artisans"; co-director with Joris Ivens; shot in 1973)

        ◘ Les Ouigours (documentary; short; co-director with Joris Ivens; also co-screenwriter)

        ◘ Les Kazaks (documentary; short; co-director with Joris Ivens; also co-screenwriter)

2003 ◘ La Petite Prairie aux Bouleaux / Birkenau und Rosenfeld (also co-screenwriter; France / Germany / Portland)