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Nicolas Gessner (17 August 1931 – 22 August 2023) was a Hungarian-born filmmaker who mostly worked in France. Nicolas Gessner was born in Budapest, Hungary on 17 August 1931. His films are often characterized by strange, quirky atmospheres and unusual cast mixing French and international actors. Starting from the early 1980s, Gessner mostly worked for television.
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1997
Spaceship Earth
TV show Creator
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1993
The Castle of Olive Trees
TV show Director
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1989
Tennessee Nights
Movie Director
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1989
Quicker Than the Eye
Movie Director
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1987
Das andere Leben
Movie Director
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1984
Le Tueur triste
Movie Director
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1980
It Rained All Night the Day I Left
Movie Director
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1976
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane
Movie Director
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1971
Someone Behind the Door
Movie Director
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1969
Twelve Plus One
Movie Director
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1967
The Blonde from Peking
Movie Director
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1965
Diamonds Are Brittle
Movie Director
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1964
Der Gefangene der Botschaft
Movie Director