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Lajos Zilahy(1891-1974)

  • Writer
  • Director
  • Art Department
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Author, director. He was the popular, fashionable and celebrated author of the period between two world wars. In 1934-36 he was the editor of Magyarország (Hungary), in 1940-44 The Bridge, an art periodical. In 1939 he established a film studio named Pegazus, which operated until the end of 1943. He also tried to direct. After the war he was the editor of the daily newspaper Szabadság (Liberty), Editor-in-Chief at Literature and Science. In 1948 he left Hungary and lived in the US.
BornMarch 27, 1891
DiedDecember 1, 1974(83)
BornMarch 27, 1891
DiedDecember 1, 1974(83)
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Valamit visz a víz (1944)
Valamit visz a víz
6.5
  • Writer
  • 1944
Hazajáró lélek (1940)
Hazajáró lélek
6.2
  • Writer
  • 1940
A szüz és a gödölye (1941)
A szüz és a gödölye
7.1
  • Writer
  • 1941
Ricardo Cortez, Lionel Atwill, Anita Louise, and Verree Teasdale in The Firebird (1934)
The Firebird
6.1
  • Writer
  • 1934

Credits

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Writer



  • Házasságszédelgö
    TV Movie
    • Writer
    • 1986
  • I due prigionieri
    TV Movie
    • novel
    • 1985
  • Házasságszédelgö
    TV Movie
    • Writer
    • 1976
  • Samrtno prolece (1973)
    Samrtno prolece
    5.1
    • Writer
    • 1973
  • Adrift (1971)
    Adrift
    6.9
    • novel "Valamit visz a víz"
    • 1971
  • Fatal rendez-vous (1957)
    Fatal rendez-vous
    5.6
    • play "Tuznadaar"
    • 1957
  • Die goldene Brücke (1956)
    Die goldene Brücke
    6.1
    • novel
    • 1956
  • Algo flota sobre el agua (1948)
    Algo flota sobre el agua
    7.3
    • novel
    • 1948
  • Son dernier rôle (1946)
    Son dernier rôle
    6.6
    • novel "Az utolsó szerep", 1923
    • 1946
  • El pecado de una madre (1944)
    El pecado de una madre
    • play
    • 1944
  • Valamit visz a víz (1944)
    Valamit visz a víz
    6.5
    • Writer
    • 1944
  • A szüz és a gödölye (1941)
    A szüz és a gödölye
    7.1
    • Writer
    • 1941
  • Hazajáró lélek (1940)
    Hazajáró lélek
    6.2
    • play
    • 1940
  • Halálos tavasz (1939)
    Halálos tavasz
    7.1
    • writer
    • 1939
  • Süt a nap (1939)
    Süt a nap
    5.4
    • play
    • screenplay
    • 1939

Director



  • Valamit visz a víz (1944)
    Valamit visz a víz
    6.5
    • Director
    • 1944
  • A szüz és a gödölye (1941)
    A szüz és a gödölye
    7.1
    • Director
    • 1941
  • Hazajáró lélek (1940)
    Hazajáró lélek
    6.2
    • Director
    • 1940

Art Department



  • Szép csillag (1942)
    Szép csillag
    • artistic supervisor
    • 1942
  • Egy tál lencse (1941)
    Egy tál lencse
    6.1
    • artistic supervisor
    • 1941
  • Hazajáró lélek (1940)
    Hazajáró lélek
    6.2
    • artistic supervisor
    • 1940

Personal details

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  • Height
    • 1.75 m
  • Born
    • March 27, 1891
    • Nagyszalonta, Austria-Hungary [now Salonta, Romania]
  • Died
    • December 1, 1974
    • Novi Sad, Yugoslavia
  • Spouse
    • Piroska Barczy1930 - December 1, 1974 (his death, 1 child)
  • Relatives
    • Alice Fényes(Niece or Nephew)
  • Other works
    Stage Play: Firebird. Written by Lajos Zilahy. Material adapted by Jeffrey Dell. Directed by Gilbert Miller. Empire Theatre: 21 Nov 1932- Dec 1932 (closing date unknown/42 performances). Cast: Judith Anderson (as "Karola Lovasdy"), Ian Keith (as "Zoltan Balkanyi"), Montagu Love (as "Police Commissioner Szentesi"), Henry Stephenson (as "Andor Lovasdy"), Wylie Adams, Paul Allen Jr., Robert Baldon, Evelyn Beresford, Whitney Bourne (as "Anni Maid at Lovasdy's") [Broadway debut], Andree Corday, Helen Crane, Lewis Dayton, Eugene Fila, Ernest Gann, George Grayson, Mary Heberden, Colin Hunter, Edgar Kent, Katherine Locke, Frederick Macy, Harold Martin, Reginald Mason (as "Police Inspector"), Mab Maynard, Arthur Metcalf, John Daly Murphy, Nita Naldi (as "Jolan Rozsa"), LeRoi Operti (as "Szamosi, Balkanyi's Dresser"), Harry Plimmer (as "Janos"), Louis Polan, James Roper, Margot Stevenson (as "Alice Incze"), Elizabeth Young. Produced by Gilbert Miller. Note: Filmed by Warner Bros as The Firebird (1934).

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