Sándor Szlatinay
Sándor Szlatinay (December 29, 1899 – October 22, 1980) was a Hungarian composer and film director. He was born in the Austro-Hungarian Empire and worked in the Hungarian, Italian film industries. After the Second World War he settled in West Germany.
Also recorded as Alexander von Slatinay
Sándor Szlatinay
- Name
- Sándor Szlatinay
- Born
- 25 December 1899
- Birthplace
- Lugos, Austro-Hungarian Empire
- Died
- 22 October 1980 (aged 80)
- Place of death
- West Germany
- Occupation
- Director, Composer
- Known for
- Passion plays in Mikófalva
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Later in his career he was credited as Alexander von Slatinay.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Sándor Szlatinay • Born — 25 December 1899 • Birthplace — Lugos, Austro-Hungarian Empire • Died — 22 October 1980 (aged 80) • Place of death — West Germany • Occupation — Director, Composer • Years Active — 1936–1955 (film)
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Sándor Szlatinay (25 December 1899 – 9 October 1980) is described as a composer, director, screenwriter and musician in the authority records of the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek. The birth of Sándor Szlatinay is recorded on 25 December 1899, and the death on 9 October 1980.
Selected filmography
Selected filmography
• Kind Stepmother (1935) • Thanks for Knocking Me Down (1935) • Three Dragons (1936) • I May See Her Once a Week (1937) • My Daughter Is Different (1937) • Billeting (1938) • The Perfect Man (1939) • Hello, Peter! (1939) • The Hussar Captain (1940) • The Last of the Vereczkeys (1940) • The Bercsenyi Hussars (1940) • Much Ado About Emmi (1940) • The Marsh Flower (1943) • I'll Make You Happy (1949) • Czardas of Hearts (1951) • Woe to Him Who Loves (1951) • Wenn eine Wienerin Walzer tanzt (1951) • Three Men in the Snow (1955)
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Lugoj.
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- 1.Cunningham p.198
- 2.Frey p.264
Bibliography printed in the source article · 2
- Cunningham, John. Hungarian Cinema: From Coffee House to Multiplex. Wallflower Press, 2004.
- Frey, David. Jews, Nazis and the Cinema of Hungary: The Tragedy of Success, 1929-1944. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2017.
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