Hollywwod comes to Zurich: leading Hollywood actor Frank Langella recently served as the jury president for the 6th annual Zurich Film Festival. In between movie screenings, film discussions and his other official duties, he took time to sit down with Swiss News for an exclusive interview.

Swiss News › Nbr. 2010, February 2010

Author: Chudacoff, Mike

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Hollywwod comes to Zurich: leading Hollywood actor Frank Langella recently served as the jury president for the 6th annual Zurich Film Festival. In between movie screenings, film discussions and his other official duties, he took time to sit down with Swiss News for an exclusive interview.

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Langella is one of Hollywood's most easily recognised and highest-rated actors. He has had a long and varied career on-screen, as well as on-stage in London and on Broadway, playing characters as diverse as Count Dracula or Sir Thomas More.

Langella first appeared on the stage in 1968 as a fictionalised Shakespeare in William Gibson's A Cry of Players. He won his first Tony Award for his performance in Edward Albee's Seascape in 1975. The actor later appeared in John Badham's film version of Dracula together with acting legend Laurence Olivier. However, Langella always ...

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