Michèle Firk
Actor
- Born
- April 18, 1937 · Paris, France
- Died
- September 7, 1968 (age 31)
Michèle Firk was a journalist, film critic, aspiring director and communist activist involved in various liberation struggles in the second half of the 20th century. A Jewish woman who survived WW2 as a child, she helped smuggle weapons to Algerian freedom fighters, flew to Cuba and Guatemala to take part in the Latin American revolutions, all while screening many censored anticolonialist movies in her home country.
She killed herself four months after the May 1968 uprising erupted in France, as she was about to get arrested and tortured in Guatemala City, Guatemala.
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She liked warm climates, dancing, and reflecting in her diary.
Known for
Acting2
- 2026A Life, A Manifesto as Archives d'elle-même
- 1992Brothers in Arms as Self (archive footage)