Félix Podmaniczky

Hungarian film director
Félix Podmaniczky
Podmaniczky in 1941
Born14 January 1914
Budapest, Austro-Hungarian Empire
Died6 July 1990 (aged 76)
Munich, West Germany
Occupation(s)Director, Screenwriter
Years active1938–1961 (film)

Félix Podmaniczky (1914–1990) was a Hungarian film director and screenwriter.[1][2] The son of a baron by background, he was also known as Felix von Podmaniczky. In 1956 he fled Communist Hungary and settled in West Germany, where he made two documentaries.

Selected filmography

  • Castle in Transylvania (1940)
  • Queen Elizabeth (1940)
  • Seven Plum Trees (1940)
  • The Relative of His Excellency (1941)
  • The Marriage Market (1941)
  • Three Bells (1941)
  • Gentryfészek (1942)
  • Dream Waltz (1943)
  • Lejtön (1944)

References

  1. ^ Frey p.242
  2. ^ Rîpeanu p.21

Bibliography

  • Frey, David. Jews, Nazis and the Cinema of Hungary: The Tragedy of Success, 1929-1944. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2017.
  • Rîpeanu, Bujor. (ed.) International Directory of Cinematographers, Set- and Costume Designers in Film: Hungary (from the beginnings to 1988). Saur, 1981.
  • Félix Podmaniczky at IMDb


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