Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
February 1, 1915
Died
November 7, 1986
Age
71
Place of Birth
Ostrava, Czechoslovakia
Popularity
0.4
Artur London
Acting
Biography
Artur London (1 February 1915 – 8 November 1986) was a Czechoslovak communist politician and co-defendant in the Slánský Trial in 1952. Though he was sentenced to life in prison, he was freed in 1955; he then settled in France with his wife Lise London. In 1968 he published his memoirs in L'Aveu (The Confession), a book which resonated internationally, soon to be adapted by Costa-Gavras in the movie of the same name. He was born in Ostrava, Moravia, Austria-Hungary (now Czech Republic) to a Jewish family. London spent 1934 to 1937 in Moscow. In 1937, during the Spanish Civil War, he left for…
