Biography
Peter Roman Scholl-Latour (9 March 1924 – 16 August 2014) was a French-German journalist, author and reporter.Scholl-Latour was regarded as one of Europe's most important journalists, akin to what Walter Cronkite was in the USA. For over six decades, he was one of the continent's most influential voices. During the Vietnam War, he was captured by the Viet Cong and managed to secure unique film footage during his captivity. Peter Scholl-Latour, who was born in the Province of Westphalia and grew up in Lorraine, was the son of dermatologist Otto Konrad Scholl (1888–1960) and Mathilde Zerline Nußbaum (1896–1991; sister of the medical doctor Robert Nußbaum, who was killed in KZ Sachsenhausen) from the Alsace.
In his youth he was persecuted by the Nazis and had to flee to France. He then joined the French army and fought against his pursuers and in the Indochina War.
Filmography
all 45
self 42
TV Shows 42
Movies 3
Narrator 1
2+Leif (2009)
Studio Friedman (2005)
Gabi Bauer (2002)
Unter den Linden (2002)
Phoenix Runde (1997)
Den Gottlosen die Hölle (1991)
DAS! (1991)
Tele-Akademie (1987)
Club 2 (1976)
Eight days with the Viet Cong (1973)
Panorama (1961)
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GenderMale
Birthday1924-03-09
Deathday2014-08-16 (90 years old)
Birth NamePeter Roman Scholl
Birth PlaceBochum, Germany
ReligionCatholicism
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FatherOtto Konrad Scholl
MotherMathilde Zerline Nußbaum
CitizenshipsFrance, Germany
ResidencesTourrettes-sur-Loup · Paris, France, Rhöndorf · Charlottenburg, Germany
AwardsGoldene Kamera, Grimme-Preis, Bambi Award, The Franco-German Prize for Journalism, Deutscher Fernsehpreis, Bavarian TV Awards, Steiger Award, Ehrenprofessur, Elsie Kühn Leitz Prize, Gerhard Löwenthal Prize, Henri Nannen Award, Hildegard von Bingen Prize for Journalism, Siebenpfeiffer Award, Telestar, Knight of the Legion of Honour, Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
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