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* ''Film/{{Betrayed}}'' (1988)
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He could not study in Greece after the country went through a civil war due to his father being communist, so he moved to France, studying literature first then cinema there, notably under the teaching of filmmaker Yves Allégret.

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He could not study in Greece after the country went through a civil war (from World War II to 1949) due to his father being communist, so he moved to France, studying literature first then cinema there, notably under the teaching of filmmaker Yves Allégret.
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His children Romain, Alexandre and Julie all became directors.
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* ''Film/{{Missing}}'' (1982)

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The Foreign Language Film Oscar is now known as Best International Feature Film.


His 1969 film ''Film/{{Z}}'' ended up the first film to be nominated for both the Best Picture and Best Foreign Language Film at the UsefulNotes/{{Academy Award}}s.

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His 1969 film ''Film/{{Z}}'' ended up the first film to be nominated for both the Best Picture and Best Foreign Language Film Film[[labelnote:*]]now known as Best International Feature Film[[/labelnote]] at the UsefulNotes/{{Academy Award}}s.
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* [[invoked]]ProductionPosse: German actor Creator/UlrichTukur is a regular of his films since ''Amen''.
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* HumansAreBastards: Whether it's torture under dictatorships, UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust or a jobless man turned SerialKiller to regain a job, Costa-Gavras has explored quite a palette with this trope.

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* HumansAreBastards: Whether it's torture under torture, dictatorships, UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust or a jobless man turned SerialKiller to regain a job, Costa-Gavras has explored quite a palette with this trope.
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* HumansAreBastards: Whether it's torture under dictatorships, UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust or a jobless man turned SerialKiller to regain a job, Costa-Gavras has quite a palette with this trope.

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* HumansAreBastards: Whether it's torture under dictatorships, UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust or a jobless man turned SerialKiller to regain a job, Costa-Gavras has explored quite a palette with this trope.
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* TheCameo: He's had cameos in three films -- ''The Life Before Us'', ''Film/SpiesLikeUs'' and ''Literature/TheStupids''.

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* TheCameo: He's had cameos in three four films -- ''Film/MadameRosa'', ''The Life Before Us'', ''Film/SpiesLikeUs'' and ''Literature/TheStupids''.
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* TheCameo: He's had cameos in three films -- ''La Vie devant soi'', ''Film/SpiesLikeUs'' and ''Literature/TheStupids''.
* HumansAreBastards: Whether it's dictatorships, UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust or a jobless man turned SerialKiller to regain a job, Costa-Gavras has quite a palette with this trope.

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* TheCameo: He's had cameos in three films -- ''La Vie devant soi'', ''The Life Before Us'', ''Film/SpiesLikeUs'' and ''Literature/TheStupids''.
* HumansAreBastards: Whether it's torture under dictatorships, UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust or a jobless man turned SerialKiller to regain a job, Costa-Gavras has quite a palette with this trope.

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He is well known for blending commentary on controversial political and social issues with the entertainment value of the film medium. Themes such as law and justice, dictatorships, oppression, legal/illegal violence and torture are [[AuthorAppeal common in his works]], most of which are in French language.

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He is well known for blending commentary [[AuthorTract commentary]] on controversial political and social issues with the entertainment value of the film medium. Themes such as law and justice, dictatorships, oppression, legal/illegal violence and torture are [[AuthorAppeal common in his works]], most of which are in French language.


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* AuthorTract: Denouncing dictatorships, violations of human liberties and showcasing the social cost of economic inequity, in a nutshell.


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* HumansAreBastards: Whether it's dictatorships, UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust or a jobless man turned SerialKiller to regain a job, Costa-Gavras has quite a palette with this trope.
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He could not study in Greece after the country went through a civil war due to his father being communist, so he moved to France, studying literature first then cinema there.

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He could not study in Greece after the country went through a civil war due to his father being communist, so he moved to France, studying literature first then cinema there.there, notably under the teaching of filmmaker Yves Allégret.

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He could not study in Greece after the country went through a civil war due to his father being communist, so he moved to France, studying literature first then cinema there. He is well known for blending controversial political and social issues with the entertainment value of the film medium. Themes such as law and justice, dictatorships, oppression, legal/illegal violence and torture are [[AuthorAppeal common in his works]], most of which are in French language.

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He could not study in Greece after the country went through a civil war due to his father being communist, so he moved to France, studying literature first then cinema there.

He is well known for blending commentary on controversial political and social issues with the entertainment value of the film medium. Themes such as law and justice, dictatorships, oppression, legal/illegal violence and torture are [[AuthorAppeal common in his works]], most of which are in French language.
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Konstantinos Gavras (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Γαβράς), [[PenName better known as]] Costa-Gavras (born February 1933 in Loutra Iraias, UsefulNotes/{{Greece}}) is a Greek-French film director and screenwriter.

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Konstantinos Gavras (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Γαβράς), [[PenName better known as]] Costa-Gavras (born February 12, 1933 in Loutra Iraias, UsefulNotes/{{Greece}}) is a Greek-French film director and screenwriter.
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He could not study in Greece after the country went through a civil war due to his father being communist, so he moved to France, studying literature first then cinema there. He is well known for blending controversial political and social issues with the entertainment value of the film medium. Themes such as law and justice, dictatorships, oppression, legal/illegal violence and torture are common in his works, most of which are in French language.

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He could not study in Greece after the country went through a civil war due to his father being communist, so he moved to France, studying literature first then cinema there. He is well known for blending controversial political and social issues with the entertainment value of the film medium. Themes such as law and justice, dictatorships, oppression, legal/illegal violence and torture are [[AuthorAppeal common in his works, works]], most of which are in French language.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: He was offered to direct ''Film/TheGodfather'' at one point when he became well known in Hollywood. He liked the novel, but didn't feel knowledgeable enough about American culture to direct the film.

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He also had cameos in three films -- ''La Vie devant soi'', ''Film/SpiesLikeUs'' and ''Literature/TheStupids''.


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* TheCameo: He's had cameos in three films -- ''La Vie devant soi'', ''Film/SpiesLikeUs'' and ''Literature/TheStupids''.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: He was offered to direct ''Film/TheGodfather'' at one point when he became well known in Hollywood. He liked the novel, but didn't feel knowledgeable enough about American culture to direct the film.
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He also had cameos in three films -- ''La Vie devant soi'', ''Film/SpiesLikeUs'' and ''Literature/TheStupids''.
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He could not study in Greece after the country went through a civil war due to his father being communist, so he moved to France, studying literature first then cinema there. He is well known for blending controversial political and social issues with the entertainment value of the film medium. Themes such as law and justice, dictatorships, oppression, legal/illegal violence and torture are common in his work. Most of his films are in French language.

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He could not study in Greece after the country went through a civil war due to his father being communist, so he moved to France, studying literature first then cinema there. He is well known for blending controversial political and social issues with the entertainment value of the film medium. Themes such as law and justice, dictatorships, oppression, legal/illegal violence and torture are common in his work. Most works, most of his films which are in French language.
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He could not study in Greece after the country went through a civil war due to his father being communist, so he moved to France, studying literature first then cinema. He is well known for blending controversial political and social issues with the entertainment value of the film medium. Themes such as law and justice, dictatorships, oppression, legal/illegal violence and torture are common in his work. Most of his films are in French language.

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He could not study in Greece after the country went through a civil war due to his father being communist, so he moved to France, studying literature first then cinema.cinema there. He is well known for blending controversial political and social issues with the entertainment value of the film medium. Themes such as law and justice, dictatorships, oppression, legal/illegal violence and torture are common in his work. Most of his films are in French language.
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Konstantinos Gavras (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Γαβράς), better known as Costa-Gavras (born February 1933 in Loutra Iraias, UsefulNotes/{{Greece}}) is a Greek-French film director and screenwriter.

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Konstantinos Gavras (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Γαβράς), [[PenName better known as as]] Costa-Gavras (born February 1933 in Loutra Iraias, UsefulNotes/{{Greece}}) is a Greek-French film director and screenwriter.
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He could not study in Greece after the country went through a civil war due to his father being communist, so he moved to France, studying literature first then cinema. He is well known for blending controversial political and social issues with the entertainment value of the film medium. Themes such as law and justice, dictatorships, oppression, legal/illegal violence and torture are common in his work.

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He could not study in Greece after the country went through a civil war due to his father being communist, so he moved to France, studying literature first then cinema. He is well known for blending controversial political and social issues with the entertainment value of the film medium. Themes such as law and justice, dictatorships, oppression, legal/illegal violence and torture are common in his work.
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''Film/{{Z}}'' ended up the first film to be nominated for both the Best Picture and Best Foreign Language Film at the UsefulNotes/{{Academy Award}}s.

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His 1969 film ''Film/{{Z}}'' ended up the first film to be nominated for both the Best Picture and Best Foreign Language Film at the UsefulNotes/{{Academy Award}}s.Award}}s.
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* ''Film/{{Z}}'' (1969)
* ''Film/{{Missing}}'' (1982)
* ''Film/{{Amen}}'' (2002)
* ''Film/TheAxe'' (2005)
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He could not study in Greece after the country went through a civil war due to his father being communist, so he moved to France, studying literature first then cinema. He is well known for blending controversial political and social issues with the entertainment value of cinema. Themes such as law and justice, dictatorships, oppression, legal/illegal violence and torture are common in his work.

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He could not study in Greece after the country went through a civil war due to his father being communist, so he moved to France, studying literature first then cinema. He is well known for blending controversial political and social issues with the entertainment value of cinema.the film medium. Themes such as law and justice, dictatorships, oppression, legal/illegal violence and torture are common in his work.
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Konstantinos Gavras (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Γαβράς), better known as Costa-Gavras (born February 1933 in , UsefulNotes/{{Greece}}) is a Greek-French film director and screenwriter.

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Konstantinos Gavras (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Γαβράς), better known as Costa-Gavras (born February 1933 in , Loutra Iraias, UsefulNotes/{{Greece}}) is a Greek-French film director and screenwriter.
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Konstantinos Gavras (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Γαβράς), better known as Costa-Gavras (born February 1933 in , UsefulNotes/{{Greece}}) is a Greek-French film director and screenwriter.

He could not study in Greece after the country went through a civil war due to his father being communist, so he moved to France, studying literature first then cinema. He is well known for blending controversial political and social issues with the entertainment value of cinema. Themes such as law and justice, dictatorships, oppression, legal/illegal violence and torture are common in his work.

''Film/{{Z}}'' ended up the first film to be nominated for both the Best Picture and Best Foreign Language Film at the UsefulNotes/{{Academy Award}}s.
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