Ferenc Fekete (27 March 1914 – 24 July 1981) was a Hungarian

cinematographer The cinematographer or director of photography (sometimes shortened to DP or DOP) is the person responsible for the recording of a film, television production, music video or other live-action piece. The cinematographer is the chief of the camera ...

and

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. He was noted for his camerawork on the 1942 neorealist film '' People of the Mountains'' (1942)Hames, Peter. ''The Cinema Of Central Europe''. Wallflower Press, 2004. p. 38 After the

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he emigrated to

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where he set up a production company with fellow Hungarian Rudolf Icsey.

Selected filmography

* '' Castle in Transylvania'' (1940) * '' People of the Mountains'' (1942) * ''

A Message from the Volga Shore ''A Message from the Volga Shore'' (Hungarian: ''Üzenet a Volgapartról'') is a 1942 Hungarian war drama film directed by Alfréd Deésy and starring János Sárdy, Júlia Tóth and József Bihari. Juhász p.122 It was shot at the Hunnia Stu ...

'' (1942) * '' Mouse in the Palace'' (1943) * '' The White Train'' (1943) * '' Loving Hearts'' (1944) * '' A Lover of the Theatre'' (1944) * '' Devil Rider'' (1944)

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* 1914 births 1981 deaths Hungarian cinematographers Hungarian film directors People from Budapest Hungarian emigrants to Brazil {{Hungary-film-director-stub