Zoltán Gera (August 19, 1923 – November 7, 2014) was a Hungarian actor, honored with being chosen as an Actor of the Hungarian Nation, the Kossuth Prize, and the Meritorious Artist Award of Hungary. He has starred in 115 movies (according to

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Early life

Zoltán Gera was born on 19 August 1923 in

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. Gera started working with several theaters while he was a teenager. Gera graduated from the College of Theater and Film Arts(now the University of Theatre and Film Arts).

Death

Gera died on 7 November 2014 at

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Awards

* 1985 Magyarország Érdemes Művésze díj * 2004 Distinguished Artist Award * 2012 Grand Commander to the Hungarian Order of Merit * 2013

Kossuth Prize The Kossuth Prize ( hu, Kossuth-díj) is a state-sponsored award in Hungary, named after the Hungarian politician and revolutionist Lajos Kossuth. The Prize was established in 1948 (on occasion of the centenary of the March 15th revolution, the ...

* 2014 Actor of the Hungarian Nation

International filmography

* ''És a vakok látnak...'' (1944) * ''A város alatt'' (1956) * ''Szakadék'' (1956) * ''Az eltüsszentett birodalom'' (1956) - Udvaronc * ''Bakaruhában'' (1957) - Postás * ''Láz'' (1957) * ''Csigalépcső'' (1957) * ''Dani'' (1957) * ''Éjfélkor'' (1957) - (uncredited) * ''Csendes otthon'' (1958) * ''

Iron Flower ''Iron Flower'' ( hu, Vasvirág) is a 1958 Hungarian drama film directed by János Herskó. It was entered into the 1958 Cannes Film Festival. Plot The story takes place in Óbuda in the 1930s. István Pettersen is a well-meaning, excellent fa ...

'' (1958) - Novák * ''La Belle et le Tzigane'' (1958) - Zenész * ''Micsoda éjszaka!'' (1958) - Nyomozó (uncredited) * ''Csempészek'' (1958) - Tekejátékos * ''Édes Anna'' (1958) - Újságíró (uncredited) * ''Kölyök'' (1959) * ''Felfelé a lejtőn'' (1959) * ''A harminckilences dandár'' (1959) * ''Álmatlan évek'' (1959) * ''A harangok Rómába mentek'' (1959) - Karszalagos * ''Kard és kocka'' (1959) * ''Szerelem csütörtök'' (1959) * ''A megfelelő ember'' (1960) * ''Virrad'' (1960) * ''Fűre lépni szabad'' (1960) * ''Az arc nélküli város'' (1960) - Lajos * ''Alba Regia'' (1961) * ''Négyen az árban'' (1961) * ''Puskák és galambok'' (1961) * ''

Two Half Times in Hell ''Two Halves in Hell'' ( Hungarian: ''Két félidő a pokolban'') is a 1961 Hungarian war film directed and co-written by Zoltán Fábri. The film is based on a 1942 football match between German soldiers and their Soviet Ukrainian prisoners o ...

'' (1961) - Tankó Sándor * ''Áprilisi riadó'' (1962) * ''Mindenki ártatlan?'' (1962) * ''Mici néni két élete'' (1963) * ''Meztelen diplomata'' (1963) - (uncredited) * ''Mindennap élünk'' (1963) * ''Egy ember, aki nincs'' (1964) - Újságíró * ''

The Golden Head ''The Golden Head'' is a 1964 American- Hungarian comedy film directed by Richard Thorpe and James Hill and starring George Sanders, Buddy Hackett, Jess Conrad, Lorraine Power and Robert Coote. Plot The children of a British policeman holidayi ...

'' (1964) * '' My Way Home'' (1965) - Hadifogoly * ''Ketten haltak meg'' (1966) - Raktáros * ''Sok hűség semmiért'' (1966) * ''Holdudvar'' (1969) - Balassa barátja * ''Alfa Romeó és Júlia'' (1969) - (uncredited) * ''Krebsz, az isten'' (1970) - Dr. Mikulik * ''Utazás a koponyám körül'' (1970) - Sorbanálló (uncredited) * ''A nagy kék jelzés'' (1970) - Jenő főnöke * ''A halhatatlan légiós'' (1971) - Rabbi * ''A vőlegény nyolckor érkezik'' (1972) - Az Étterem Vezetője * (1973) - Kárász úr * ''Csínom Palkó'' (1973) - Leopold, szakács * ''A locsolókocsi'' (1974) - Tanár * ''Illatos út a semmibe'' (1974) * ''Kincskereső kisködmön'' (1974) - Körtemuzsika árus * ''Ballagó idő'' (1976) - Tanító * ''Psevdonim: Lukac'' (1977) * ''

Hungarians Hungarians, also known as Magyars ( ; hu, magyarok ), are a nation and ethnic group native to Hungary () and historical Hungarian lands who share a common culture, history, ancestry, and language. The Hungarian language belongs to the Urali ...

'' (1978) - Brainer, intézõ * ''Örökség'' (1980) - Hungarian dubbing voice: Uncle Fülöp * ''Naplemente délben'' (1980) - Az impresszárió * ''Circus maximus'' (1980) - Bajuszos tiszt * ''Nárcisz és Psyché'' (1980) - Orfeum director * ''

Der Mann, der sich in Luft auflöste ''Der Mann, der sich in Luft auflöste'' (“The man who disappeared into thin air”) (Swedish: ''Mannen som gick upp i rök'') is a German 1980 police film about Martin Beck, directed by Péter Bacsó. Plot During the height of a Cold War, a d ...

'' (1980) - Kuti, the porter * ''A remény joga'' (1981) - Az orvos * ''

Escape to Victory ''Escape to Victory'' (stylized as ''Victory'') is a 1981 American-British-Italian sports war film directed by John Huston and starring Sylvester Stallone, Michael Caine, Max von Sydow and Pelé. The film is about Allied prisoners of wa ...

'' (1981) - Victor - The French * ''Nyom nélkül'' (1982) - A nyomozás vezetõje * ''Hatásvadászok'' (1983) - Selmeczi * ''Vérszerződés'' (1983) - Apa * ''

Wagner Wilhelm Richard Wagner ( ; ; 22 May 181313 February 1883) was a German composer, theatre director, polemicist, and conductor who is chiefly known for his operas (or, as some of his mature works were later known, "music dramas"). Unlike most op ...

'' (1983, TV Mini-Series) - Lüttichau * ''A csoda vége'' (1984) - Bakos Sanyi * ''Szeretők'' (1984) - Dékán * ''Boszorkányszombat'' (1984) - Király * ''Házasság szabadnappal'' (1984) * ''

Lily in Love ''Lily in Love'' (alternative English title: ''Playing for Keeps'', Hungarian title: ''Játszani kell'') is a 1984 Hungarian-American co-production in English starring Christopher Plummer, Maggie Smith and Elke Sommer and directed by Károly Mak ...

'' (1984) - Malev Officer * ''The Treasure of Swamp Castle'' (1985) - Asil (voice) * ''Khromoy dervish'' (1986) * ''

Cat City ''Cat City'' ( hu, Macskafogó (Cat Catcher)) is a 1986 Hungarian animated comic science fiction film, directed by Béla Ternovszky and written by József Nepp. The title ''Cat City'' was used in the United States distribution. The film was sel ...

'' (1986) - Captain (voice, uncredited) * ''Akli Miklós'' (1986) * ''Mamiblu'' (1986) * ''Szamárköhögés'' (1987) - Szomszéd * ''Doktor Minorka Vidor nagy napja'' (1987) - Tyúkárus * ''Küldetés Evianba'' (1988) * ''Laurin'' (1989) - Herr Engels * ''

Music Box A music box (American English) or musical box (British English) is an automatic musical instrument in a box that produces musical notes by using a set of pins placed on a revolving cylinder or disc to pluck the tuned teeth (or ''lamellae'' ...

'' (1989) - Man in Budapest * '' The Bachelor'' (1990) * ''The Long Shadow'' (1992) - Rabbi Rosner * ''

Maigret Jules Maigret (), or simply Maigret, is a fictional French police detective, a '' commissaire'' ("commissioner") of the Paris ''Brigade Criminelle'' ('' Direction Régionale de la Police Judiciaire de Paris:36, Quai des Orfèvres''), created b ...

'' (1992, in the episode "Maigret and the Burglar's Wife") - Waiter * ''Prinzenbad'' (1993) * ''A gólyák mindig visszatérnek'' (1993) - Tiszteletes * ''

Mesmer Franz Anton Mesmer (; ; 23 May 1734 – 5 March 1815) was a German physician with an interest in astronomy. He theorised the existence of a natural energy transference occurring between all animated and inanimate objects; this he called "anim ...

'' (1994) - Another Doctor * ''Bűvös vadász'' (1994) - Shoemaker * ''Le jardin des plantes'' (1994) - Marcel * ''

Citizen X ''Citizen X'' is a 1995 American television film which covers the efforts of detectives in the Soviet Union to capture an unknown serial killer of women and children in the 1980s, and the successive bureaucratic obstacles they consistently enco ...

'' (1995, TV Movie) - Doctor * ''Ébredés'' (1995) - Józsi bácsi * '' The Hunchback'' (1997, TV Movie) - Overweight Noble * ''For My Baby'' (1997) - Jackie Weiss * ''Retúr'' (1997) - Nagypapa * '' The Gambler'' (1997) - Creditor * ''

Shot through the heart ''Shot Through the Heart'' is a 1998 television film directed by David Attwood, shown on the BBC and HBO in 1998, which covers the Siege of Sarajevo during the Bosnian War. The film is based on a true story and an article called ''Anti-Sniper' ...

'' (1998, TV Movie) - Nebojis * ''

Crime and Punishment ''Crime and Punishment'' ( pre-reform Russian: ; post-reform rus, Преступление и наказание, Prestupléniye i nakazániye, prʲɪstʊˈplʲenʲɪje ɪ nəkɐˈzanʲɪje) is a novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky. ...

'' (1998, TV Movie) - Praskovya * '' The Fall'' (1999) - Concierge * '' Sunshine'' (1999) - Man at Synagogue * ''

The Prince and the Pauper ''The Prince and the Pauper'' is a novel by American author Mark Twain. It was first published in 1881 in Canada, before its 1882 publication in the United States. The novel represents Twain's first attempt at historical fiction. Set in 1547 ...

'' (2000, TV Movie) - Merchant * '' Contaminated Man'' (2000) - Store Owner * ''

Uprising Rebellion, uprising, or insurrection is a refusal of obedience or order. It refers to the open resistance against the orders of an established authority. A rebellion originates from a sentiment of indignation and disapproval of a situation and ...

'' (2001, TV Movie) - Market Vendor * ''Az utolsó blues'' (2002) - Sanu * '' Rose's Songs'' (2003) - Mr. Waltz * ''Egy hét Pesten és Budán'' (2003) - Szállodaportás * ''Prima Primavera'' (2009) - Dr. Ferenczy (final film role)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gera, Zoltan 1923 births Hungarian male film actors Hungarian male stage actors 2014 deaths Artists of Merit of the Hungarian People's Republic