Sándor Szlatinay (December 29, 1899 – October 22, 1980) was a Hungarian

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and

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.Frey p.264 He was born in the

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and worked in the Hungarian, Italian film industries. After the

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he settled in

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. Later in his career he was credited as Alexander von Slatinay.

Selected filmography

* '' Kind Stepmother'' (1935) * '' Thanks for Knocking Me Down'' (1935) * '' Three Dragons'' (1936) * '' I May See Her Once a Week'' (1937) * ''

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'' (1937) * ''

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'' (1938) * '' The Perfect Man'' (1939) * '' Hello, Peter!'' (1939) * '' The Hussar Captain'' (1940) * '' The Last of the Vereczkeys'' (1940) * '' The Bercsenyi Hussars'' (1940) * '' Much Ado About Emmi'' (1940) * '' The Marsh Flower'' (1943) * '' I'll Make You Happy'' (1949) * '' Czardas of Hearts'' (1951) * '' Woe to Him Who Loves'' (1951) * '' Wenn eine Wienerin Walzer tanzt'' (1951) * '' Three Men in the Snow'' (1955)

References

Bibliography

* Cunningham, John. ''Hungarian Cinema: From Coffee House to Multiplex''. Wallflower Press, 2004. * Frey, David. ''Jews, Nazis and the Cinema of Hungary: The Tragedy of Success, 1929-1944''. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2017.

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* 1899 births 1980 deaths Hungarian composers Hungarian screenwriters Hungarian film directors Hungarian emigrants to Germany People from Lugoj Hungarian film score composers Hungarian male composers Hungarian male film score composers {{Hungary-film-director-stub