Mór Ungerleider (January 18, 1872 in
Mezőlaborc
Medzilaborce ( rue, Міджілабірцї, ''Midzhilabirtsyi''; uk, Міжлабірці, ''Mizhlabirtsi''; hu, Mezőlaborc) is a town in northeastern Slovakia close to the border with Poland, located near the towns of Sanok and Bukowsko (in ...
– April 20, 1955 in Budapest) was a Hungarian cafe owner and showman, and was the first person to show cinema in Hungary.
The first film was shot in Hungary in 1896 by
Arnold Sziklay. Ungerleider owned the
Velence Café
Velence is a town in the county of Fejér, Hungary, on the shore of Lake Velence.
Its name is the same in Hungarian as that of the Italian city of Venice, though they are suffixed differently: "in Velence" is ''Velencén'', while ''Velencében' ...
in
Rákóczi út, a street in Budapest, where he showed films. To begin with, he just projected films in his cafe, but he later adapted his projector to shoot film and in 1898 formed
Projectograph with
József Neumann
József () is a Hungarian masculine given name. It is the Hungarian name equivalent to Joseph.
Notable people bearing this name include:
* József Braun (also known as József Barna; 1901–1943), Hungarian Olympic footballer
* József Cserm ...
.
Mór Ungerleider was active from 1902 to 1923 with 53 Producer Credits.
He was married to Janka Glänczer in March 17, 1920.
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* http://mek.niif.hu/00300/00355/html/ABC16127/16191.htm
1872 births
1955 deaths
19th-century Hungarian people
20th-century Hungarian people
Businesspeople in coffee
Hungarian restaurateurs
Hungarian film people
Businesspeople from Budapest
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