Viktor Gertler
Viktor Gertler (24 August 1901 – 5 July 1969) was a Hungarian film editor and director active between the 1930s and 1960s.
Also recorded as Viktor Gáth · Gáth Viktor · Viktor Gath · Gath Viktor
Viktor Gertler

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- Born
- 1901 · Budapest.
- Died
- 1969 · Budapest.
- Nationality
- Hungary
- Occupation
- film editor · screenwriter · director · composer
- Honours
- Kossuth Prize · Great Artist of Hungary Award
- Languages
- Hungarian
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Editor
Editor
The Three from the Filling Station (1930) The Man in Search of His Murderer (1931) Der Kongreß tanzt (1931) Inquest (1931) About an Inquest (1931) I by Day, You by Night (1932) Storms of Passion (1932) Congress Dances (1932) Quick (1932) A City Upside Down (1933) Gently My Songs Entreat (1933) Peter (1934) Catherine the Last (1936)
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Viktor Gertler (24 August 1901 – 5 July 1969) was a director, composer and film editor.
Director
Director
Stolen Wednesday (1933) Sister Maria (1937) All Men Are Crazy (1937) Marika (1938) The Witch of Leanyvar (1938) The Wrong Man (1938) Without Lies (1946) Gala Suit (1949) Honesty and Glory (1951) Battle in Peace (1952) The State Department Store (1953) The Magic Chair (1954) Me and My Grandfather (1954) Accident (1955) Dollar Daddy (1956) Fever (1957) Up the Slope (1959) Red Ink (1960) Young Noszty and Mary Toth (1960) The Man of Gold (1962) Lady-Killer in Trouble (1964) The Man Who Doesn't Exist (1964) And Then The Guy... (1966)
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Viktor Gertler was born on 24 August 1901 in Budapest. Viktor Gertler died on 5 July 1969 in Budapest.
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1969
Viktor Gertler died at Budapest.
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- Burns, Bryan. World Cinema: Hungary. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1996.
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