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Occupation. Film director. Years active. 1959–present. István Szabó ( Hungarian: [ˈsɒboː ˈiʃtvaːn]; born 18 February 1938) is a Hungarian film director, screenwriter, and opera director. Szabó is one of the most notable Hungarian filmmakers and one who has been best known outside the Hungarian -speaking world since the late 1960s.
István Szabó is a renowned filmmaker who won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film for Mephisto in 1981. He also directed Sunshine, Colonel Redl, and The Door, among others, and was a former communist spy.
- January 1, 1
- Director, Writer, Actor
- Budapest, Hungary
- István Szabó
István Szabó is a Hungarian film director who won an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film for Mephisto (1981). He also made English-language films with Klaus Maria Brandauer and Lajos Koltai, and was a former communist agent.
- February 18, 1938
When Emerenc, the central character of István Szabó's "The Door," sweeps the pavement to rid it of snow, she looks like she's fighting an enemy. Every sweep is fierce and deliberate and there's a determination to the old woman's movements that testifies to far greater battles she's fought in the past.
Birthday: Feb 18, 1938. Birthplace: Budapest, Hungary. Istvan Szabo has emerged as one of the most important Hungarian filmmakers of the 20th Century. The Central European experience, from the...
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Bizalom. Confidence ( Hungarian: Bizalom) is a 1980 Hungarian film directed by István Szabó, set in the waning days of World War II. It chronicles the story of two resistance members who are compelled to assume the roles of husband and wife in order to evade detection by the Nazis, despite being married to others. [1]
Jul 14, 2000 · Sunshine: Directed by István Szabó. With Ralph Fiennes, Rosemary Harris, Rachel Weisz, Jennifer Ehle. The fate of a Hungarian Jewish family throughout the 20th century.
