Arthur Cohn
Producer · Born February 4, 1927 (99) · Basel, Switzerland
Arthur Cohn (born February 4, 1927) is a film producer and a multiple Academy Award winner. Cohn was born to a Jewish family, the son of Marcus Cohn, a lawyer and leader of the Swiss Zionist movement who moved to Israel in 1949 where he helped to write many of the basic laws of the new state and served as Israel’s assistant attorney-general. Cohn's mother, Rose Cohn-Galewski, was a Jewish-German poet from Berlin. Cohn's grandfather, Arthur Cohn, was the first chief rabbi of Basel. After completing high school, Cohn became a journalist and a reporter for Swiss Radio, covering the Middle East as well as soccer and ice hockey games. He shifted from journalist writing to script writing, but soon found his passion in film production. Six of his films have won the Academy Award, three in the category of Best Foreign Language Film and three in the category of Best Documentary Feature. Cohn was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1992, the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Minister of Culture in 1995, the Humanitarian Award by the National Board of Review in 2001, the Guardian of Zion Award in 2004 as well as the UNESCO Award in 2005. He is a multiple honorary degree recipient from Boston University (1998), Yeshiva University (2001) and the University of Basel (2006) and Bar-Ilan University (2021). Cohn has received Lifetime Achievement Awards from the Chicago International Film Festival (1992), the Shanghai International Film Festival (1999), as well as from the International Film Festivals in Jerusalem (1995) and Haifa (2016). In 2019 he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Cinema for Peace-Foundation in Berlin. Cohn divides his time between Basel and Los Angeles and is regarded as a hands-on producer who is strongly involved with the development of the script until the final touches of the editing process. For decades he was assisted by Lillian Birnbaum (Paris) and Pierre Rothschild (Zurich). Arthur Cohn's films have been shown at many retrospectives around the world. His best-known fictional film is The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1970, directed by Vittorio De Sica). He also produced films by Kevin Macdonald (One Day in September) and Walter Salles (Central Station, Behind the Sun). Source: Article "Arthur Cohn" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Biography from TMDB.
- February 4, 1927 (99)
- Basel, Switzerland
- Producer
- 18 on MovieCove · 27 credits in all
What are Arthur Cohn's films like?
Across their 17 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 2 · Wry 1 · Earnest 14
A split, not a type: Light 6 · Serious 4 · Dark 7
Grounded 12 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 2
Gentle 3 · Charged 11 · Intense 3
Steady 7 · Shifting 8 · Whiplash 2
Straight-faced 10 · Some laughs 6 · Funny 1
Slow burn 11 · Even-paced 6 · Relentless 0
Casual 5 · Engaged 9 · Full focus 3
Easy watch 3 · Affecting 7 · Heavy 7
A split, not a type: Resolved 10 · Open-ended 5 · Ambiguous 2
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Bittersweet12
- Tragic2
- Ambiguous2
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Arthur Cohn's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 11 of their 18 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (8).
- One Day in September (1999) · producer · free
- The Etruscan Smile (2018) · producer · free
- The Sky Above, the Mud Below (1961) · producer · free
- Love on the Ground (1984) · producer · free
- The Yellow Handkerchief (2008) · producer · free
- Black and White in Color (1976) · producer · free
- Dangerous Moves (1984) · producer · free
- White Lies (1997) · producer · free
Subscription and free streaming for Arthur Cohn's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
27 credits, 18 with a MovieCove page; 5 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
The Etruscan Smile(2018)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
The Yellow Handkerchief(2008)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
The Chorus(2004)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Behind the Sun (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
One Day in September(1999)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all filmsChildren of the Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
Central Station(1998)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
White Lies(1997)
Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films
Two Bits(1995)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
November Days (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)
American Dream(1990)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Love on the Ground(1984)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
Dangerous Moves(1984)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
The Yellow Star: The Persecution of the Jews in Europe - 1933-1945 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)
Adoption (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)
Black and White in Color(1976)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
The Final Solution (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)
A Brief Vacation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)
We'll Call Him Andrea (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
Sunflower(1970)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
A Place for Lovers(1968)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
Woman Times Seven(1967)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
Mit Karl May im Orient (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
Red Skies of Montana(1952)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
Career shape
A full career of 27 titles from 1952 to 2018.
Biggest box office
The Chorus (2004)
Highest rated
Central Station (1998)
Most popular right now
The Chorus (2004)
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Arthur Cohn's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 71st percentile, the median of all 18; across their 17 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 67th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up7
- 50th to 74th7
- 25th to 49th3
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
10 of their 18 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved4
- Crowd Pleaser10
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed3
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Arthur Cohn's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Arthur Cohn work with?
People who share at least 2 of Arthur Cohn's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Vittorio De Sica shares the most, 4.
Directors
- Vittorio De SicaShared titles: Sunflower (1970), The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1970), A Place for Lovers (1968), Woman Times Seven (1967)See all 4 shared titles with Vittorio De Sica
Writers
- Cesare ZavattiniShared titles: Sunflower (1970), The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1970), A Place for Lovers (1968), Woman Times Seven (1967)See all 4 shared titles with Cesare Zavattini
- Tonino GuerraShared titles: Sunflower (1970), A Place for Lovers (1968)See all 2 shared titles with Tonino Guerra
Actors
- Emanuel CohnShared titles: The Etruscan Smile (2018), The Yellow Handkerchief (2008)See all 2 shared titles with Emanuel Cohn
- Rosanna ArquetteShared titles: The Etruscan Smile (2018), White Lies (1997)See all 2 shared titles with Rosanna Arquette
- Marcello MastroianniShared titles: Sunflower (1970), A Place for Lovers (1968)See all 2 shared titles with Marcello Mastroianni
Composers and editors
- Adriana NovelliShared titles: Sunflower (1970), The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1970), A Place for Lovers (1968)See all 3 shared titles with Adriana Novelli
- Manuel De SicaShared titles: The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1970), A Place for Lovers (1968)See all 2 shared titles with Manuel De Sica
Producers
- Lillian BirnbaumShared titles: The Children of Huang Shi (2008), The Yellow Handkerchief (2008), One Day in September (1999), Central Station (1998)See all 4 shared titles with Lillian Birnbaum
- Jacques PerrinShared titles: The Chorus (2004), Black and White in Color (1976)See all 2 shared titles with Jacques Perrin
- Martine MarignacShared titles: Dangerous Moves (1984), Love on the Ground (1984)See all 2 shared titles with Martine Marignac
- Carlo PontiShared titles: Sunflower (1970), A Place for Lovers (1968)See all 2 shared titles with Carlo Ponti
