László Kalmár (1900–1980) was a Hungarian

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and

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. Cunningham p.37 He began his career in the Horthy era, learning his craft as an

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before directing his first film in 1939. His melodrama ''

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'' was screened at the

1941 Venice Film Festival The "9th" annual (void) Venice International Film Festival was held from 30 August to 14 September 1941. Together with the 1940 and 1942 it is 'considered void- as if they did not happen', as the events were carried out in places far away from th ...

. He was able to continue his career at the end of the

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, unlike many other Hungarian filmmakers, and transitioned to working under the new Communist regime.

Selected filmography

* ''

Kind Stepmother ''Kind Stepmother'' (Hungarian: ''Édes mostoha'') is a 1935 Hungarian drama film directed by Béla Balogh and starring Maria von Tasnady, Antal Páger and Gerö Mály.''The New York Times Film Reviews''. New York Times, 1971. p.4029 It was s ...

'' (1935) * '' Bence Uz'' (1938) * '' Deadly Spring'' (1939) * '' No Coincidence'' (1939) * ''

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'' (1940) * ''

Dankó Pista ''Dankó Pista'' is a 1940 Hungarian drama film directed by László Kalmár and starring Pál Jávor, Erzsi Simor and Margit Lukács. It premiered at the Venice Film Festival. The film enjoyed particular success on its release in Norway.Frey p.2 ...

'' (1940) * '' Mirage by the Lake'' (1940) * ''

Prince Bob ''Prince Bob'' (''Bob herceg'') is an operetta in three acts by Jenő Huszka. The libretto was written by Ferenc Martos and Károly Bakonyi. Performance history The operetta premiered on 20 December 1902 at Népszínház in Budapest, Hungary an ...

'' (1941) * ''

'' (1941) * '' Silenced Bells'' (1941) * '' Deadly Kiss'' (1942) * ''

Lóránd Fráter Lóránd Fráter (1872-1930) was a Hungarian composer of Nóta despite not being of the Romani people The Romani (also spelled Romany or Rromani , ), colloquially known as the Roma, are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group, traditionally nomadic ...

'' (1942) * '' A Heart Stops Beating'' (1942) * ''

The Dance of Death The ''Danse Macabre'' (; ) (from the French language), also called the Dance of Death, is an artistic genre of allegory of the Late Middle Ages on the universality of death. The ''Danse Macabre'' consists of the dead, or a personification of ...

'' (1942) * '' Black Dawn'' (1943) * '' Siamese Cat'' (1943) * '' Déryné'' (1951) * '' Leila and Gábor'' (1956)

References

Bibliography

* Burns, Bryan. ''World Cinema: Hungary''. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press, 1996. * Cunningham, John. ''Hungarian Cinema: From Coffee House to Multiplex''. Wallflower Press, 2004.

External links

* 1900 births 1980 deaths Hungarian screenwriters Hungarian film directors CAtegory:People from Budapest {{Hungary-bio-stub hu:Kalmár László (filmrendező)