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Béla Gaál (2 January 1893 – 18 February 1945) was a Hungarian film director. His 1930 film '' Csak egy kislány van a világon'' was the first
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to be made in Hungary.Cunningham p.28 In 1945 he was interned by the
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in Dachau Concentration Camp, where he would die.


Selected filmography

* '' Csak egy kislány van a világon'' (1930) * '' Vica the Canoeist'' (1933) * '' The New Relative'' (1934) * '' Rotschild leánya'' (1934) * ''
Everything for the Woman ''Everything for the Woman'' (Hungarian: ''Mindent a nöért!'') is a 1934 Hungarian comedy film directed by Béla Gaál and Géza von Cziffra and starring Jenö Herczeg, Vilmos Komlós and Gyula Kabos.Lohr p.71 Cast * Jenö Herczeg as Hacsek ...
'' (1934) * '' The Dream Car'' (1934) * '' Az aranyember'' (1936) * '' Hotel Kikelet'' (1937) * ''
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'' (1937)


References


Bibliography

* Buranbaeva, Oksana & Mladineo, Vanja. ''Culture and Customs of Hungary''. ABC-CLIO, 2011. * Burns, Bryan. ''World Cinema: Hungary''. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1996. * Cunningham, John. ''Hungarian Cinema: From Coffee House to Multiplex''. Wallflower Press, 2004.


External links

* 1893 births 1945 deaths Hungarian film directors Male screenwriters Hungarian male writers People from Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County 20th-century Hungarian screenwriters Hungarian people who died in Dachau concentration camp Hungarian civilians killed in World War II {{Hungary-bio-stub