Károly Escher (21 October 1890 - 16 February 1966) was a Hungarian photographer. Escher was born in

Szekszárd Szekszárd (, formerly also ''Szegzárd''; ; or ; ) is a small city in southern Hungary and the capital of Tolna County. By population, Szekszárd is the smallest county capital in Hungary; by area, it is the second-smallest (after Tatabánya). ...

, in the Tolna region of

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. He worked as a cinematographer on news reels during the briefly lived

Hungarian Soviet Republic The Hungarian Soviet Republic, also known as the Socialist Federative Soviet Republic of Hungary was a short-lived communist state that existed from 21 March 1919 to 1 August 1919 (133 days), succeeding the First Hungarian Republic. The Hungari ...

. Later he worked for the newspaper ''

Pesti Napló ''Pesti Napló'' () was a Hungarian newspaper published from March 1850 to October 1939. The paper was based in Budapest, Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, ...

'' during the 1930s and 1940s. He died at age 75 in

Budapest Budapest is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, most populous city of Hungary. It is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, tenth-largest city in the European Union by popul ...

in 1966.

Filmography

*''Mackó úr kalandjai'' (1920) *''Masamód'' (1920) ... ''Masa's Way'' *''A Szerelem mindent legyöz'' (1920)

Awards

* 1938

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Silver medal.

External links

Article
in ''The Guardian'' with some biographical information.
The Red News-Reel of the Tanácsköztársaság: History Dream and Cinema Imagination
by Bruno De Marchi 1890 births 1966 deaths Hungarian photographers Hungarian cinematographers People from Szekszárd {{Europe-photographer-stub