Known for Writing
Pierre Joffroy (born 1929 in Hayange, France) is a French author, dramaturge and journalist who wrote for Paris Match, Libération and L'Express. At present he lives in Paris. In France Joffroy released numerous novels, stage plays and articles. For a period of 30 years he worked on a biography of Kurt Gerstein before he finally released the book A Spy for God, which deals with Kurt Gerstein's story and the decades of the author's research. Within the framework of an interview with Deutschlandfunk(DLF) the French author declared, that he considered Kurt Gerstein to be "one of the most important persons of World War II". Source: Article "Pierre Joffroy" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Born
December 2, 1929
Died
October 4, 2008 (age 78)
Birthplace
Hayange, Moselle, France
Filmography
3 films, 1 show
Lung Ta: The Forgotten Tibet
1990 · 1h 26m
country: France
The life of the Tibetan people, forty years after the Chinese invasion. Filmed in Amdo and Kham, regions forgotten by the world and absolutely forbidden to filmmakers and journalists until now, this is an exceptional document on the most mysterious civilization of humanity, now threatened with death.