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Costa-Gavras person

also: Costa Gravas, Costa-Garros, Costa-Gravos

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Franco Solinasperson · 4Dominican Republiccountry · 1Montevideoplace · 1USAIDorganization · 1Italian Socialist Partyorganization · 1The Battle of Algiersbook · 1International Police Academyorganization · 1

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Costa-Gavras hired Franco Solinas documented
“A Greek film director hired an Italian, Franco Salinas, as his scriptwriter, and together they set off for Latin America to make a film about the death of Dan Mitterrand. Salinas, a member of the Italian Communist Party, had written the scr…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Hidden Terror by AJ Langguth Part 11 @ 56:47

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The Colonels Corner Hidden Terror by AJ Langguth Part 11
▶ 56:16 Built at the cost of $100,000 each, designed to carry troops with machine guns into the densest crowds. They were bulletproof. They were squat. They couldn't be turned over. They could withstand Molotov cocktails. And most of them were fund…
The Colonels Corner Hidden Terror by AJ Langguth Part 11
▶ 56:47 A Greek film director hired an Italian, Franco Salinas, as his scriptwriter, and together they set off for Latin America to make a film about the death of Dan Mitterrand. Salinas, a member of the Italian Communist Party, had written the scr…
The Colonels Corner Hidden Terror by AJ Langguth Part 11
▶ 57:12 That's the movie that they showed at the International Police Academy to every single group. When Costa-Garros visited Montevideo in 1972, he sidestepped questions of local reporters about what kind of film he intended to make. Privately, t…
The Colonels Corner Hidden Terror by AJ Langguth Part 11
▶ 59:12 She did not keep in touch with her husband's former colleagues. They had been very kind to her, but she didn't get out much. Costa-Gravos included in the state of siege every undocumented rumor about Dan Mitterrand from Santo Domingo to Bra…