Biography
Marc Ferro (24 December 1924 – 21 April 2021) was a French historian.
Ferro worked on early twentieth-century European history, specialising in the history of Russia and the USSR, as well as the history of cinema.
His Ukrainian-Jewish mother was murdered during the Holocaust.
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.
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Filmography
all 13
Movies 10
self 5
TV Shows 3
Director 3
Writer 2
Producer 1
Les carnets d'Histoire parallèle (2021)
Lenin and the Other Story of the Russian Revolution (2018)
Frühjahr 48 (2018)
Philippe Pétain (2010)
Una belleza nueva (2006)
Marc Ferro, la passion de l'Histoire (1999)
Russia's Last Tsar (1994)
Pétain (1993)
How the Nazis Came to Power (1991)
Apostrophes (1975)
Algérie 1954, la révolte d'un colonisé (1974)
Lenin According to Lenin (1970)
Archives de Guerre 1940 - 1945. Vivre au quotidien sous l'occupation
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GenderMale
Birthday1924-12-24
Deathday2021-04-21 (96 years old)
Birth NameMarc Roger Ferro
Birth Place8th arrondissement of Paris, France
CitizenshipsFrance
Awardshonorary doctorate of the Bordeaux Montaigne University, Officer of the French Order of Academic Palms, Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, Officer of the National Order of Merit, Knight of the Legion of Honour, Saint-Simon Award
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