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Mathieu Kassovitz
Born: 3rd Aug 1967 Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Dept: Directing
Mathieu Kassovitz (born 3 August 1967) is a French director, screenwriter, producer and actor, best known for his Cannes-winning drama La Haine. Kassovitz is also the founder of MNP Entreprise, a film production company.
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 100
Film: 73 (73%)
Television: 27 (27%)
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Filmography
(No release date supplied. Possibly still in production.)
A dramatization of several episodes in the life of Christ. ... view
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Original title: La Bataille de Gaulle : J’écris ton nom
2026
Part two of a two-part biopic following French army officer Charles De Gaulle's life and political commitment between 1940 and 1945, and trace his dev ... view
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Darlan
Original title: La Bataille de Gaulle : L’âge de fer
2026
June, 1940. France collapses and signs the armistice. In the midst of the chaos, one man refuses to give up. Alone against the odds, this unknown gene ... view
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Darlan
Dec 2024 (first aired)
Four ordinary kids search for their home planet after getting lost in the Star Wars galaxy. ... view
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General Strix (1 ep.)
Jun 2024 (first aired)
6 June 1944. A titanic fleet launched an assault on the beaches of Normandy. Objective: to liberate Europe from Hitler's yoke. Drawing on the lessons ... view
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Narrator (voice) (2 ep.)
Original title: Frères
2024
Two young brothers are abandoned by their mother during summer of 1948, they run into the forest and survive there for seven years. ... view
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Patrice (adulte)
2024
In many countries, cannabis legislation is becoming more relaxed, whether for therapeutic reasons or to combat illegal trafficking. In France, the cou ... view
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Original title: Les Rois de la piste
2024
Home cook Rachel, a sort of Ma Dalton, has raised her sons Sam and Jeremiah, and her grandson, Nathan, in the cult of conning. From bad plans to petty ... view
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Sam Zimmerman
Mar 2024 (first aired)
Seeking to avenge her father's death, a young woman becomes entangled in the web of the Fury, peacekeeper of the Paris criminal underworld. ... view
Character:
Driss (8 ep.)
2023
An experienced airline pilot, Estelle leads a perfect life between long-haul flights with her loving, protective husband Guillaume. One day, by chance ... view
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Guillaume
Feb 2023 (first aired)
Summer 1943: Hitler engages in a decisive battle in Kursk to win the war in the East. This is without counting on the pugnacity of the Red Army and th ... view
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Narrator (voice) (2 ep.)
Original title: L'Astronaute
2023
An aeronautical engineer at Ariane Espace, Jim has devoted himself for years to a secret project: building his own rocket and accomplishing the first ... view
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Alexandre Ribbot
Original title: La véritable histoire d'Amélie Poulain
2023
The truth about the real Amélie Poulain is finally revealed. ... view
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Nino (archive footage)
Original title: Les Choses humaines
2021
The Farels are a power couple: Jean is a prominent French pundit and his wife Claire an essayist known for her radical feminism. Together they have a ... view
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Prof. Adam Wizman
Original title: Lui
2021
Lacking inspiration, a composer isolates himself at a desolate house, on a small island, in Brittany. There he finds an old piano and receives visits ... view
Character:
Friend
Oct 2021 (first aired)
In June 1941, Hitler took his greatest gamble - launching an attack against the Soviet Union. Despite being the largest German operation of WWII, Oper ... view
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Narrator (voice) (2 ep.)
Oct 2021 (first aired)
May 10th, 1940, Hitler takes on the West. Will he precipitate Europe into the Apocalypse? ... view
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Narrator (voice) (2 ep.)
Original title: Les méchants
2021
After stealing a gaming console from migrants, Sébastien tries to sell it to Patrick, a good guy. So far, nothing too serious. But when a rapper stra ... view
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Guillaume Kekchoz
Original title: Jodie Foster - Hollywood dans la peau
2021
From her precocious status as a sex symbol to her consecration as a filmmaker, Jodie Foster's story is about a feminist struggle, albeit atypical, fou ... view
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Narrator (voice)
Original title: Tout simplement noir
2020
A failed 40 year old comedian wants to organize the first Black protests in France but meeting with other French celebrities of the Black community wi ... view
Character:
Mathieu Kassovitz
Nov 2019 (first aired)
The story of this fantastic period of history between 1945 and 1991, which was defined by the confrontation of two worlds and two systems. The capital ... view
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Narrator (French) (voice) (6 ep.)
Original title: Banlieusards
2019
Noumouké, from the suburb of Paris, is about to decide which brother's foot steps to follow - the lawyer student Soulaymaan or the gangster Demba. ... view
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Dominique
Original title: Le Chant du loup
2019
Shown from the perspective of a young submariner with unusually sensitive hearing and uncannily precise sound recognition. The fate of many often depe ... view
Character:
Alfost
Nov 2018 (first aired)
November 11, 1918. The world emerges from the most horrific conflict ever known. While leaders of the victorious countries design a new world order, t ... view
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Narrator (voice) (2 ep.)
Dec 2017 (first aired)
Sound recordings unveil tragic events linked to an impending apocalypse, captured from a black box, answering machines, and emergency calls. ... view
Character:
Franck (10 ep.)
Original title: Combat
2017
Steve Landry, an aging boxer with more losses than wins, accepts to become a sparring partner for an emerging champion in a last-ditch attempt to stay ... view
Character:
Steve Landry
2017
In the 28th century, Valerian and Laureline are special operatives charged with keeping order throughout the human territories. On assignment from the ... view
Character:
Hawker
2017
A well-to-do French family living in Calais deal with a series of setbacks and crises while paying little attention to the grim conditions in the refu ... view
Character:
Thomas Laurent
Original title: Deux escargots s’en vont
2017
A forest full of animated animals encourage a pair of snails, who are fully clad in black because they are in mourning for a dead leaf, to celebrate t ... view
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(voice)
Original title: De plus belle
2017
Lucie is in remission and her illness is almost a distant memory. Her family pushes her to live life to the fullest, and in doing so Lucie meets the c ... view
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Clovis
Original title: Le Gang des Antillais
2016
A gun to be heard, a pen to make yourself understood. The identical course of four young West Indians men who arrived to Paris in the 70's. ... view
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The bar owner
Original title: Apocalypse, Verdun
2016
A detailed account of one of the bloodiest battles of World War I. Between February and December 1916, the French and German armies relentlessly fough ... view
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Self - Narrator (voice)
Feb 2016 (first aired)
February 1916. World War I has been raging for two years and has killed over three million people, neither side gaining the upper hand. The Germans mo ... view
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Narrator (voice) (2 ep.)
Jan 2016 (first aired)
The love story of young Countess Natasha Rostova and Count Pierre Bezukhov is interwoven with the Great Patriotic War of 1812 against Napoleon's invad ... view
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Napoleon Bonaparte (6 ep.)
Nov 2015 (first aired)
The rise of Stalin, from his early beginning as a bankrobber to the cold-blooded leader of the Soviet Union. ... view
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Narrator (voice) (3 ep.)
Apr 2015 (first aired)
Within the DGSE (General Directorate for External Security), a department called the Office Of Legends (BDL) forms and remote pilot the most important ... view
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Guillaume Debailly (50 ep.)
Original title: Un Illustre inconnu
2014
Sebastien Nicolas is a reclusive realtor leading a double life – in his spare time he creates complex disguises based on acquaintances. Combined wit ... view
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Sébastien Nicolas / Henri de Montalte
Original title: Vie Sauvage
2014
The new film by French director Cédric Kahn focusses on Philippe Fournier, a man who lives with his 2 sons, having decided not to give them back to t ... view
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Philippe Fournier (Paco)
Mar 2014 (first aired)
Colorized historical footage in ascending order of World War 1. Not only the relatively known Flanders and France battles, but also the generally unkn ... view
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Narrator (voice) (5 ep.)
2013
The incredible destiny of Angélique: a beautiful girl who found in her love for Joffrey Peyrac the strength to fight injustice and submission in a ce ... view
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Nicolas / Calembredaine
Original title: Le Guetteur
2012
When police is about to apprehend a famous gang of bank robbers, an elite sniper opens fire from a roof, thus facilitating the flee of his accomplices ... view
Character:
Vincent Kaminski
Original title: La Vie d'une autre
2012
When the fun loving Marie sets her eyes on brooding comic book artist Paul, it sets off the kind of romantic sparks that quickly culminate in the bedr ... view
Character:
Paul Speranski
2011
A making-of of the chaotic production of Mathieu Kassovitz's Babylon A.D. (2008). ... view
Character:
Self
Original title: L'ordre et la morale
2011
April 1988, Ouvéa Island, New Caledonia. 30 gendarmes are taken hostage by a group of Kanak freedom fighters. 300 soldiers are sent from France to re ... view
Character:
Philippe Legorjus
2011
A black ops soldier seeks payback after she is betrayed and left for dead. ... view
Character:
Studer
Oct 2011 (first aired)
Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) was a mediocre who rose to power because of the blindness and ignorance of the Germans, who believed he was nothing more than ... view
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Narrator (voice) (2 ep.)
Sep 2009 (first aired)
A six-part French documentary about the Second World War composed exclusively of actual footage of the war as filmed by war correspondents, soldiers, ... view
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Narrateur (0 ep.)
Self - Narrator (voice) (6 ep.)
Sep 2009 (first aired)
Every day live on FRANCE 5, Anne-Élisabeth Lemoine and her team receive those who make the news. In the second part, the program welcomes, around a m ... view
Character:
Self (1 ep.)
2008
In this radical and endearing black comedy, a group of retrenched female factory workers decide to pool their compensation money… and hire a hit man ... view
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Le propriétaire de la ferme
Original title: La Traque des nazis
2007
For the first time, a film recounts the story of the long pursuit of Nazis in hiding from 1945 to the present day. Sixty years of investigations, set- ... view
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Narrator (voice)
Original title: Les 10 Ans de La haine
2006
A documentary tracing the history of La Haine, from the real-life shooting that inspired the screenplay to the film’s success at the 1995 Cannes Fil ... view
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Self
2005
During the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, eleven Israeli athletes are taken hostage and murdered by a Palestinian terrorist group known as Black Septem ... view
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Robert
2005
Just for Kicks is a 2005 documentary film about the sneaker phenomena and history. It includes self confessed "sneakerheads" like Grandmaster Caz, Rev ... view
Character:
Self
Mar 2005 (first aired)
As long as there is cinema, LE CERCLE will be there. It is the only television program of critical debates 100% devoted to cinema. Each week, it offer ... view
Character:
Self (1 ep.)
2004
Documentary on the making of 'Gothika', featuring interviews with the cast and crew. ... view
Character:
Self
2004
Documentary on the special effects of the film 'Gothika'. ... view
Character:
Self
2002
Kurt Gerstein—a member of the Institute for Hygiene of the Waffen-SS—is appalled to discover that a poison gas he helped discover is being used to ... view
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Riccardo Fontana
Original title: Astérix & Obélix : Mission Cléopâtre
2002
History's favorite Gauls assist Queen Cleopatra when she wagers that the Egyptian people can build a palace for Julius Caesar in just three months. ... view
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Banquet physiognomist
2001
Behind the scenes of Mathieu Kassovitz's 'The Crimson Rivers' ... view
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Self
2001
The team behind 'The Crimson Rivers' explains how the autopsy scene was assembled. ... view
Character:
Self
2001
John is a mild-mannered banker who has never been lucky in love. Fed up with waiting for the right girl to come along, John takes a chance on a Russia ... view
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Yuri
Original title: Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain
2001
At a tiny Parisian café, the adorable yet painfully shy Amélie accidentally discovers a gift for helping others. Soon Amelie is spending her days as ... view
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Nino Quincampoix
2001
Documentary footage from the making of "Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain" ... view
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Nino Quincampoix
1999
In 1944 Poland, a Jewish shop keeper named Jakob is summoned to ghetto headquarters after being caught out after curfew. While waiting for the German ... view
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Herschel
Original title: Le Plaisir (et ses petits tracas)
1998
Seemingly unrelated events connect several people: a young wounded soldier, a nurse, a failed comedian, and a murderer. The film starts literally wit ... view
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Roland
Original title: Le Cinquième Élément
1997
In 2257, a taxi driver is unintentionally given the task of saving a young girl who is part of the key that will ensure the survival of humanity. ... view
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Mugger
1997
Old professional killer Wagner seeks someone to teach what he knows as long as he is already dying, and he chooses Max, young and passionless thief to ... view
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Max
Original title: Des nouvelles du bon Dieu
1996
When novelist Alessandro Battavia commits suicide, a taxi driver named Evangile and her brother Nord believe they are characters imagined in a novel, ... view
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Original title: Un héros très discret
1996
Set in France at the end of World War II Albert Dehousse finds out his father wasn't a war hero and his mother is a collaborator. ... view
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Albert Dehousse
Original title: Mon homme
1996
In Lyon, where many are unemployed, Marie is a prostitute who loves her work: she's thoughtful and exuberant toward clients old and young, slim or fla ... view
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1st client
1995
After a chaotic night of rioting in a marginal suburb of Paris, three young friends, Vinz, Hubert and Saïd, wander around unoccupied waiting for news ... view
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Young Skin
Original title: La Cité des enfants perdus
1995
A scientist in a surrealist society kidnaps children to steal their dreams, hoping that they slow his aging process. ... view
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Man on the Street (uncredited)
Original title: Regarde les hommes tomber
1994
A middle-aged sales rep drops everything to track down the killers of his cop friend. Two years earlier, an older gambler forms an intense bond with a ... view
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Johnny
1994
Louis asks his friend Vincent for advice for his date with a girl. Vincent is funny, endearing and talks about things lightly. The end will certainly ... view
Character:
Vincent
1994
Brigitte decides to shoot her first film during the weekend. She begins by covering her flat with 20 kilos of flour, buying a miniature helicopter, a ... view
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1993
Lola is pregnant, and she isn’t sure who the father is: Félix, a Jewish delivery boy, or Jamal, a black law student. ... view
Character:
Felix
Mar 1993 (first aired)
For thirty years, Zone Interdite has been the magazine that documents and analyzes the upheavals in French society. Conducted over time, the investiga ... view
Character:
Self (1 ep.)
Character:
Max
1991
Martin Sheen stars as an American newsman in Rome who begins to investigate the appearance of several corpses found throughout Europe with their hands ... view
Character:
Piaz
1990
A young man shoots hoops in an empty gym. He misses constantly. At the other end of the court, a young woman arrives and starts warming up. She rarely ... view
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Original title: L'Année prochaine... si tout va bien
1981
Isabelle and Maxime are a pair of lighthearted lovers -- that is, until Isabelle gets the itch for motherhood. When she confesses her desire for a chi ... view
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le petit garcon
Original title: Au bout du bout du banc
1979
Four generations of Oppenheim men gather in Paris for Isaac's 90th birthday. He's "Romeo," still a lady's man, waiting to hear from a woman to whom he ... view
Character:
Mathias Oppenheim
Jan 1975 (first aired)
A talk show presented by Michel Drucker ... view
Character:
Self (1 ep.)