László Kalmár (1900–1980) was a Hungarian
screenwriter
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and
film director
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.
[Cunningham p.37] He began his career in the
Horthy era, learning his craft as an
assistant director
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before directing his first film in 1939. His melodrama ''
Flames'' was screened at the
1941 Venice Film Festival. He was able to continue his career at the end of the
Second World War
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, unlike many other Hungarian filmmakers, and transitioned to working under the new
Communist regime
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.
Selected filmography
* ''
Kind Stepmother'' (1935)
* ''
Bence Uz'' (1938)
* ''
Deadly Spring'' (1939)
* ''
No Coincidence'' (1939)
* ''
Semmelweis
Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis (; ; 1 July 1818 – 13 August 1865) was a Hungarian physician and scientist of German descent who was an early pioneer of antiseptic procedures and was described as the "saviour of mothers". Postpartum infections, ...
'' (1940)
* ''
Dankó Pista'' (1940)
* ''
Mirage by the Lake
''Mirage by the Lake'' (Hungarian: ''Tóparti látomás'') is a 1940 Hungarian drama film directed by László Kalmár and starring Pál Jávor, Klári Tolnay and Erzsi Simor.Guesnet Lupovitch & Polonsky p.308 The film's sets were designed by t ...
'' (1940)
* ''
Prince Bob'' (1941)
* ''
Flames'' (1941)
* ''
Silenced Bells'' (1941)
* ''
Deadly Kiss'' (1942)
* ''
Lóránd Fráter'' (1942)
* ''
A Heart Stops Beating'' (1942)
* ''
The Dance of Death'' (1942)
* ''
Black Dawn'' (1943)
* ''
Siamese Cat
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'' (1943)
* ''
Déryné'' (1951)
* ''
Leila and Gábor
''Leila and Gábor'' (Hungarian: ''Gábor diák'') is a 1956 Hungarian historical musical film directed by László Kalmár and starring Ferenc Zenthe, Marianne Krencsey and Imre Sinkovits. An operetta film, it is inspired by the 1905 stage wor ...
'' (1956)
References
Bibliography
* Burns, Bryan. ''World Cinema: Hungary''. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press, 1996.
* Cunningham, John. ''Hungarian Cinema: From Coffee House to Multiplex''. Wallflower Press, 2004.
External links
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1900 births
1980 deaths
Hungarian screenwriters
Hungarian film directors
Film people from Budapest
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