Can Togay

• Name — Can Togay • Born — 27 August 1955 • Birthplace — Budapest, Hungary • Years Active — 1973–2007

Can Togay was born the son of Turkish parents. He grew up in Budapest, Hungary and Leipzig, East Germany. In 1969, he joined the Péter Halász theatre troupe in Budapest. From 1973 to 1978, he studied German and English literature and linguistics at Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest, followed by two years of post-graduate work on German-French comparative linguistics with Jean-Marie Zemb at Sorbonne Nouvelle in Paris. He graduated in 1980. In 1984, he received a degree in film directing from the University of Theatre and Film Arts in Budapest, and he was a student of Zoltán Fábri. In 1991 he moved to Finland for four years. His 1992 film A nyaraló was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival. In 1978, his poems were published in Mozgó Világ (Moving World). In 2004, his first volume of poetry was released by Aranykor Kiadó (Golden Age Publisher). He conceived the idea of the Holocaust Memorial Cipők a Duna-parton (Shoes on the Danube Promenade) in Budapest with artist Gyula Pauer. From January 1, 2008 to October 1, 2014, he was head of Collegium Hungaricum Berlin, the Hungarian Institute for Science and Culture in Berlin; he was also the cultural attaché at the Hungarian Embassy in Berlin.

Director • Year || Original title || English title || Genre • 1981 — Grand Hotel a Szakadékhoz — Grand Hotel to the Abyss — documentary • 1982 — Tangó – a változások kora — Tango – The Age of Changes — short film • 1983 — Ember az égből — A Man from the Sky — short film • 1984 — Az ördög napja — The Day of the Devil — short film • 1985 — Volga — Volga — documentary with Gábor Ferenczi • 1991 — A nyaraló — The Summer Guest — feature film • 1999 — Egy tél az Isten háta mögött — A Winter in The Back of Beyond — feature film Screenplays • Year || Original title || English title || Details • 1993 — A sziget — The Island — Finnish short • 1996 — Napfogyatkozás 2000 — Solar Eclipse 2000 — feature film • 1997 — Glamour — Glamour — feature film • 2000 — A Hídember — The Bridgeman — feature film with Géza Bereményi • 2003 — Szerelemtől sújtva — Stricken by Love — feature film with Tamás Sas • 2004 — Történetek az Elveszett Birodalomból — Stories from the Lost Empire — TV, based on Árpád Ajtony's writings with Frigyes Gödrös • 2007 — A barátkozás lehetőségei — The Possibilities of Making Friends — TV, based on Ádám Bodor's friends with Gábor Ferenczi Actor • Original title || Title in English || Genre || Role || Directed by • Petőfi '73 (Hungarian) — Petőfi '73 — feature film — protagonist — Ferenc Kardos • Mozart és Salieri (Hungarian) — Mozart and Salieri — feature film — title character — András Surányi • Le dernier métro (French) — The Last Metro — feature film — episode actor — François Truffaut • Redl ezredes (Hungarian) — Colonel Redl — feature film — episode actor — István Szabó • Erőltetett menet (American-Hungarian) — Forced March — feature film — episode actor — Nick Rice • Eszterkönyv (Hungarian) — Eszter-book — feature film — episode actor — Krisztina Deák • Malina (Ger.-Aus.-Fr.) — Malina — feature film — protagonist — Werner Schröter • Zsötem (Hungarian) — Zsötem — Feature film — episode actor — András Salamon • The Blue Exile (Ger.-Tur.-Greek) — Blue Exile — feature film — protagonist — Kiral Erden • Bir Sonbahar Hikayesi (Turkish) — An Autumn Story — feature film — protagonist — Yavuz Özkan • Franciska vasárnapjai (Hungarian) — The Sundays of Franciska — feature film — episode actor — Sándor Simó • Fosforlu Cevriye (Turkish) — Fosforlu Cevriye — TV film — protagonist — Mustafa Altioklar • A Hídember (Hungarian) — The Bridgeman — feature film — episode actor — Géza Bereményi • Sniper 2 (American) — Sniper 2 — feature film — episode actor — Craig R. Baxley • Rózsadomb (Ger.-Hun) — Rosemound — feature film — episode actor — Mari Cantu