Richard Dembo

From Richard Dembo 24 May 24 1948 11 November 2004 was a French director and screenwriter Dembo achieved worldwide recognition with his first film La diagonale du fou For the direction of this film Dembo received an Oscar in 1984 for best foreign film1 as well as other numerous awards César Prix Louis Delluc Michel Piccoli starred in the film as a Jewish citizen of the USSR In 1993 Dembo directed Linstinct de lange with Hélène Vincent JeanLouis Trintignant François Cluzet und Lambert Wilson After a long pause during which he directed no films Dembo directed La maison de Nina On 11 November 2004 Dembo unexpectedly died in Paris under the symptoms of an intestinal obstruction He was buried in Israel He was 56