About

Known credits:
8
Birthday:
1924-12-24
Place of birth:
Paris, France
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Marc Ferro

Overview

Marc Ferro (24 December 1924 – 21 April 2021) was a French historian. His Ukrainian-Jewish mother was murdered during the Holocaust.

Ferro worked on early twentieth-century European history, specialising in the history of Russia and the USSR, as well as the history of cinema. He was Director of Studies in Social Sciences at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales. He was a co-director of the French review Annales and co-editor of the Journal of Contemporary History. He also directed and presented television documentaries on the rise of the Nazis, Lenin and the Russian revolution and on the representation of history in cinema.

Ferro died from COVID-19 complications in Maisons-Laffitte in April 2021, at the age of 96.

Known for

Acting
2021 Les carnets d'Histoire parallèle Actor N/A
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1999 Marc Ferro, la passion de l'Histoire Actor Lui-même N/A
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Directing
1991 How the Nazis Came to Power Directing Director N/A
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1974 Algeria 1954, The Revolt Of A Colonized Directing Director 59
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1970 Lenin According to Lenin Directing Director N/A
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Archives de Guerre 1940 - 1945. Vivre au quotidien sous l'occupation Directing Director N/A
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Writing
2018 Lenin and the Other Story of the Russian Revolution Writing Writer 59
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1993 Pétain Writing Writer 59
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