Félix Podmaniczky
Félix Podmaniczky (1914–1990) was a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. The son of a baron by background, he was also known as Felix von Podmaniczky. In 1956 he fled Communist Hungary and settled in West Germany, where he made two documentaries.
Also recorded as Felix Podmaniczky
Félix Podmaniczky
Unknown author, not named in the original source · Film Színház Irodalom, 1941-12-12. 50. szám · Public domain
- Name
- Félix Podmaniczky
- Born
- 14 January 1914
- Birthplace
- Budapest, Austro-Hungarian Empire
- Died
- 6 July 1990
- Place of death
- Munich, West Germany
- Occupation
- Director, Screenwriter
- Spouse
- Bilinszky Ibolya (1941)
- Nationality
- Hungary
- Education
- Ludovica Military Academy
VALÉORINE Encyclopedia
VALÉORINE documentary reading
Documentary summary
Félix Podmaniczky (1914–1990) was a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. The son of a baron by background, he was also known as Felix von Podmaniczky. In 1956 he fled Communist Hungary and settled in West Germany, where he made two documentaries.
Admitted source layer · organised and presented by VALÉORINE
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Félix Podmaniczky. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
World of VALÉORINE
Documentary connections
Only confirmed graph relationships appear here. Images are shown only when their identity and reuse rights both pass the documentary gate.
Documentary evidence
Documentary basis
Authority files
wikidata · Q20855591 · wikipedia · Félix Podmaniczky
In this article
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Félix Podmaniczky • Born — 14 January 1914 • Birthplace — Budapest, Austro-Hungarian Empire • Died — 6 July 1990 • Place of death — Munich, West Germany • Occupation — Director, Screenwriter • Years Active — 1938–1961 (film) • Spouse — Bilinszky Ibolya (1941)
Selected filmography
Selected filmography
• Castle in Transylvania (1940) • Queen Elizabeth (1940) • Seven Plum Trees (1940) • The Relative of His Excellency (1941) • The Marriage Market (1941) • Three Bells (1941) • Gentryfészek (1942) • Dream Waltz (1943) • Lejtön (1944) • Hitler's Executioners (1961)
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
The full dated record · 2 entries
1914
Félix Podmaniczky born at Budapest.
1990
Félix Podmaniczky died at Munich.
Places
Named by the record
Places
Only places the record itself states, plotted where the house gazetteer settles their coordinates. Nothing is inferred from a name or a nationality.
Budapest.
Birth place
Munich.
Death place
Notes from the source article
Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.https://www.hangosfilm.hu/filmenciklopedia/bilinszky-ibolya
- 2.Frey p.242
- 3.Rîpeanu p.21
- 4.tcm.com
Bibliography printed in the source article · 2
- Frey, David. Jews, Nazis and the Cinema of Hungary: The Tragedy of Success, 1929–1944. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2017.
- Rîpeanu, Bujor. (ed.) International Directory of Cinematographers, Set- and Costume Designers in Film: Hungary (from the beginnings to 1988). Saur, 1981.
References
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
reference work
Secondary witnessreference work
Secondary witness
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 18 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Film memorabilia
37,604 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Félix MáriássyPerson
- Félix MartenPerson
- Félix MayolPerson
- Félix MoatiPerson
- Félix Rodríguez de la FuentePerson
- Félix RotaetaPerson
- Félix Sabroso CruzPerson
- Felix SaltenPerson
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own a work by Félix Podmaniczky?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.