József Bécsi (1884–1947) was a Hungarian
cinematographer
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, particularly active during the
silent era
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.
[Burns p.1] He worked on many of the early films of director
Michael Curtiz
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.
Selected filmography
* ''
The Last Bohemian'' (1912)
* ''
My Husband's Getting Married'' (1913)
* ''
Bánk Bán
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'' (1914)
* ''
The Borrowed Babies'' (1915)
* ''
The Wolf'' (1916)
* ''
Seven of Spades'' (1916)
* ''
The Medic'' (1916)
* ''
Nobody's Son'' (1917)
* ''
The Red Samson'' (1917)
* ''
The Charlatan'' (1917)
* ''
The Last Dawn'' (1917)
* ''
Confessions of a Monk'' (1922)
* ''
The Dead Wedding Guest'' (1922)
* ''
The Tales of Hoffmann
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'' (1923)
* ''
A Waltz by Strauss'' (1925)
* ''
Prisoner Number Seven'' (1929)
* ''
The Empress and the Hussar'' (1935)
* ''
I Can't Live Without Music
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'' (1935)
* ''
The Lady Is a Bit Cracked'' (1938)
References
Bibliography
* Burns, Bryan. ''World Cinema: Hungary''. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1996.
* Cunningham, John. ''Hungarian Cinema: From Coffee House to Multiplex''. Wallflower Press, 2004.
* Rode, Alan K. ''Michael Curtiz: A Life in Film''. University Press of Kentucky, 2017.
External links
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1884 births
1947 deaths
Hungarian cinematographers
People from Győr-Moson-Sopron County
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