Béla Gaál
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. • Illustration — Béla Gaál's prisoner registry card at Dachau Nazi Concentration Camp. In 1945 he was interned by the Nazis in Dachau Concentration Camp, where he would die.
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Béla Gaál
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- Name
- Béla Gaál
- Born
- 2 January 1893
- Birthplace
- Dombrád, Austria-Hungary
- Died
- 18 February 1945
- Place of death
- Dachau Concentration Camp, Nazi Germany
- Occupation
- Screenwriter Film director
- Full name
- Goldstein Béla.
- Nationality
- Hungary.
- Languages
- Hungarian.
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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. • Illustration — Béla Gaál's prisoner registry card at Dachau Nazi Concentration Camp. In 1945 he was interned by the Nazis in Dachau Concentration Camp, where he would die.
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• Name — Béla Gaál • Born — 2 January 1893 • Birthplace — Dombrád, Austria-Hungary • Died — 18 February 1945 • Place of death — Dachau Concentration Camp, Nazi Germany • Occupation — Screenwriter Film director • Years Active — 1920 - 1939
Selected filmography
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)
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Bibliography printed in the source article · 3
- 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.
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