Félix Podmaniczky (1914–1990) was a Hungarian film director and screenwriter.[2][3] 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.
Félix Podmaniczky | |
|---|---|
 Podmaniczky in 1941 | |
| Born | January 14, 1914 |
| Died | July 6, 1990 (aged 76) |
| Occupations | Director, Screenwriter |
| Years active | 1938–1961 (film) |
| Spouse | Bilinszky Ibolya (1941)[1] |
Selected filmography
edit- 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)
- Hitler's Executioners (1961)[4]
References
editBibliography
edit- 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.
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