Endre Rodríguez (1899–1975) was a Hungarian

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and

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.Vilmos p.206 After service in the

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during the

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, he became a professional

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. During the

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he first became interested in film, and emerged as a prominent director during the late 1930s and wartime Hungary. After 1944 he made educational and documentary films, and fled abroad after the failed

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, settling in

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Selected filmography

* '' Istvan Bors'' (1939) * ''

You Are the Song ''You Are the Song'' (Hungarian: ''Te vagy a dal'') is a 1940 Hungarian drama film directed by Endre Rodríguez and starring János Sárdy, Imre Toronyi and Piroska Vaszary.''Hungarian Studies Review: HSR., Volumes 20-22''. Hungarian Readers' ...

'' (1940) * ''

Unknown Opponent ''Unknown Opponent'' (Hungarian: ''Ismeretlen ellenfél'') is a 1940 Hungarian spy thriller film directed by Endre Rodríguez and starring Erzsi Simor, Andor Ajtay and Karola Zala.Rîpeanu p.196 It was shot at the Hunnia Studios in Budapest. ...

'' (1940) * '' Silent Monastery'' (1941) * '' Taken by the Flood'' (1941) * '' Male Fidelity'' (1942) * ''

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'' (1942) * '' Time of Trial'' (1942) * '' Happy Times'' (1943) * '' Machita'' (1944)

References

Bibliography

* Hames, Peter. ''The Cinema Of Central Europe''. Wallflower Press, 2004. * Laura, Ernesto G. ''Tutti i film di Venezia, 1932–1984''. La Biennale, Settore cinema e spettacolo televisivo, 1985. * Vilmos, Várkonyi. ''Jávor Pál: és a magyar film aranykora''. Zima Szabolcs, 2013

External links

* 1899 births 1975 deaths Hungarian screenwriters Hungarian film directors Film people from Budapest Hungarian emigrants to Germany {{Hungary-film-director-stub