János Zsombolyai (30 January 1939 – 4 January 2015) was a Hungarian

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and

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. His 1989 film ''

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'' was entered into the

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. His films ''A Kenguru'' ("The Kangaroo") (1975) and ''Vámmentes házasság'' ("Duty-Free Marriage") (1980) enjoy

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status in Hungary.Film director Janos Zsombolyai dies at 75
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Selected filmography

* '' Forbidden Ground'' (1968) * ''

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'' (1971) * ''

A Nice Neighbor ''A Nice Neighbor'' ( hu, A kedves szomszéd) is a 1979 Hungarian drama film directed by Zsolt Kézdi-Kovács. It competed in the Un Certain Regard section of the 1979 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * László Szabó - Dibusz Miklós * Margit Daj ...

'' (1979) * ''

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'' (1985) * ''

'' (1989) * '' Hungarian Rhapsody: Queen Live in Budapest ’86'' (2012)

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* 1939 births 2015 deaths Hungarian cinematographers Hungarian film directors 20th-century Hungarian screenwriters Hungarian male screenwriters Writers from Budapest {{Hungary-film-director-stub