The Hunnia Studio was the first Hungarian purpose-built

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. Located in the capital

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it was built between September 1911 and February 1912. Its founder was the

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Miklós Faludi Miklós Faludi (3 February 1870 – 1 February 1942) was the artistic director of the Comedy Theatre of Budapest and the founder of the Hunnia Biograph Company through which he financed and oversaw the development of the first purpose-built film ...

of the

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, who wished to enter the growing film industry.Cunningham p.9 The initial building had a

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as was common at the time, to enable films to be shot in

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. The studio struggled to gain sufficient business and closed after a year. It shares its name with a later and more successful studio

Hunnia Film Studio Hunnia Film Studio was the largest and most significant sound film studio in Hungary until its nationalization in 1948. Its predecessor, Corvin Film Studio, founded by Alexander Korda in 1917, was the most important Hungarian silent film compan ...

References

Bibliography

* Cunningham, John. ''Hungarian Cinema: From Coffee House to Multiplex''. Wallflower Press, 2004. Film production companies of Hungary Hungarian film studios Buildings and structures in Budapest Entertainment companies established in 1912 1912 establishments in Austria-Hungary {{film-studio-stub