| Béla Gaál | |
|---|---|
 1923 | |
| Born | (1893-01-02)2 January 1893 Dombrád, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | 18 February 1945(1945-02-18) (aged 52) Dachau Concentration Camp, Nazi Germany |
| Occupation(s) | Screenwriter Film director |
| Years active | 1920 - 1939 |
Béla Gaál (2 January 1893 – 18 February 1945) was a Hungarian film director. His 1930 film Csak egy kislány van a világon was the first sound film to be made in Hungary.
In 1945 he was interned by the Nazis in Dachau Concentration Camp, where he would die.
Selected filmography
- Triumphant Life (1923)
- Rongyosok (1926)
- Csak egy kislány van a világon (1930)
- Kiss Me, Darling (1932)
- Vica the Canoeist (1933)
- The New Relative (1934)
- Rotschild leánya (1934)
- Everything for the Woman (1934)
- The Dream Car (1934)
- The Homely Girl (1935)
- The New Landlord (1935)
- Budapest Pastry Shop (1935)
- Address Unknown (1935)
- The Golden Man (1936)
- Anniversary (1936)
- Hotel Springtime (1937)
- Tales of Budapest (1937)
- Modern Girls (1937)
- Man Sometimes Errs (1938)
- Janos the Valiant (1939)
References
- Cunningham p.28
Bibliography
- Buranbaeva, Oksana & Mladineo, Vanja. Culture and Customs of Hungary. ABC-CLIO, 2011.
- Burns, Bryan. World Cinema: Hungary. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1996.
- Cunningham, John. Hungarian Cinema: From Coffee House to Multiplex. Wallflower Press, 2004.
External links
| Films directed by Béla Gaál | |
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