János Manninger ( Magyaróvár, 12 September 1901His certificate of birth /ref> –
Budapest
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, 1 April 1946) was a Hungarian photographer and director.
Biography
He was born from his father János Manninger (1869–1923) and his mother Mária Szilágyi (1880–1960), a member of the
Szilágyi family
The Szilágyi of Horogszeg () was an old and important medieval Hungarian noble family, whose members occupied many significant political and military positions in the Kingdom of Hungary and in the Principality of Transylvania.
History
The Szil ...
. Manninger was educated in
Mosonmagyaróvár
Mosonmagyaróvár (; ; also known by other alternative names) is a town in Győr-Moson-Sopron County in northwestern Hungary. It lies close to both the Austrian and Slovak borders and has a population of 32,752 ().
Mosonmagyaróvár used ...
, his home town. He was a photographer at the
Hunnia Film Studio
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before moving to
Berlin
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, where he produced his first film ''Beinliche Angelegenheit'' in 1928. He later moved to
London
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where he worked as a journalist, then went back to Hungary in 1944 and made the
avant-garde
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Arrow Cross Party
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and after the war by Hungarian courts, as one of its characters,
László Szilassy
László Szilassy (February 13, 1908 – March 30, 1972) was a Hungarian film actor.Juhász p.203 Beginning his career on the stage, he emerged as a popular leading man in cinema during the late 1930s and appeared in more than 40 films by the end ...
, was accused of war crimes. He therefore reshot some scenes of the film, but without success. Devastated, he committed suicide.