Margitta
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,
Austro-Hungarian Empire
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, July 27, 1890 –
New York
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, March 22, 1982) was a Hungarian-born
cinematographer
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,
screenwriter
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film director
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. He is also known as Farkas Miklós, Miklós Farkas, Mikolaus Farkas, Nikolaus Farkas and Nikolas Farkas.
Early years and career in Europe
After studying in
Budapest
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, Farkas went to
Vienna
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in 1919 and trained as a cinematographer. He worked for the
Austria
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n film industry until 1924. During the 1920s he collaborated frequently with another Hungarian famous film directors and producers such as Sándor Korda and
Mihály Kertész Mihály Kertész may refer to:
* Michael Curtiz, film director
* Mihalj Kertes
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.
In 1925 Farkas started working in
Germany
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. Individual projects also took him to the
Soviet Union
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and
Poland
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Phil Jutzi
Phil Jutzi (sometimes known as Piel Jutzi) (22 July 1896 – 1 May 1946) was a German cinematographer and film director.
Biography
Born Philipp Jutzi in Altleiningen as the son of a tailor, Jutzi was self-educated. (He seems to have been generally ...
).
After 1933 he worked in
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, where he was also active as a screenwriter. He also worked there on a number of international co-productions, and in 1934 he made his debut as a film director with the Anglo-French melodrama '' The Battle''. He also worked as cinematographer on G.W. Pabst's 1933 film '' Adventures of Don Quixote''.
Career in the United States
In 1941 he emigrated to the United States, where he participated in
propaganda
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short films for the
US Navy
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. He then lived permanently in
New York
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, where he ran his own small production company, Farkas Films Inc.
Filmography
''The following filmography contains, in chronological order, all of Farkas' work as a cinematographer, film director, screenwriter and film producer.''
Tragedy in the House of Habsburg
''Tragedy in the House of Habsburg'' () is a 1924 German silent historical film directed by Alexander Korda and starring María Corda, Kálmán Zátony and Emil Fenyvessy. The film recounts the events of the 1889 Mayerling Incident in which th ...
The Morals of the Alley
''The Morals of the Alley'' () is a 1925 German silent film directed by Jaap Speyer and starring Werner Krauss, Ernst Hofmann, and Mary Odette.
The film's sets were designed by the art director Franz Schroedter
Franz Schroedter (9 May 1897 – ...
'' (1925)
* ''
The Revenge of the Pharaohs
''The Revenge of the Pharaohs'' (German: ''Die Rache der Pharaonen'') is a 1925 Austrian silent adventure film directed by Hans Theyer and starring Gustav Diessl and Suzy Vernon.
The film's sets were designed by the art director Hans Rouc.
Cas ...
Countess Maritza
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'' (1925)
* ''
Love in May
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The Case of Prosecutor M
''The Case of Prosecutor M'' (German: ''Der Fall des Staatsanwalts M...'') is a 1928 German silent mystery film directed by Rudolf Meinert and Giulio Antamoro and starring Maria Jacobini, Jean Angelo and Gregori Chmara.Krautz p.46 It was releas ...
'' (1928)
* ''
The Schorrsiegel Affair
''The Schorrsiegel Affair'' () is a 1928 German silent film directed by Jaap Speyer that featured Bernhard Goetzke, Walter Rilla and Anita Dorris. It was adapted from a novel of the same title by Fred Andreas. It was shot at the Terra Studios i ...
The Ship of Lost Souls
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'' (1929)
* ''
Crucified Girl
''Crucified Girl'' (German: ''Mädchen am Kreuz'') is a 1929 German silent drama film directed by Jacob Fleck and Luise FleckPrawer p.85 and starring Valerie Boothby, Gertrud de Lalsky and Evelyn Holt. It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios i ...
'' (1929)
* ''
Phantoms of Happiness
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Love in the Ring
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'' (1930)
* ''
The Prosecutor Hallers
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'' (1930)
* ''
Money on the Street
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Der Andere
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'' – as Nikolaus Farkas (1930)
*'' Zwei Krawatten'' (1930)
* ''
Danton
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The Brothers Karamazov
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'' (1931)
*''Bric-à-brac et compagnie'' (1931)
* ''
Madame Makes Her Exit
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'' (1932)
* ''
Amourous Adventure
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'' (1932)
* ''
A Telephone Call
''A Telephone Call'' (French: ''Un coup de téléphone'') is a 1932 French comedy film directed by Georges Lacombe and starring Jean Weber, Colette Darfeuil and Jeanne Boitel. It is based on a play of the same title by Paul Gavault and Georges B ...
Variety
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* ''Variety'' (1925 film), a German silent film directed by Ewald Andre Dupont
* ''Variety'' (1935 film), ...
La bataille
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* ''
Varieté
''Variety'' ( , also known by the alternative titles ''Jealousy'' or ''Vaudeville'') is a 1925 German silent drama film directed by Ewald Andre Dupont based on the 1912 novel '' The Oath of Stephan Huller'' by Felix Hollaender.
The trapeze ...
'' (1935)
* ''
Three Maxims
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* Low, Rachael. ''History of the British Film: Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin,'' 1985 .
*Kay Weniger: ''Das große Personenlexikon des Films. Die Schauspieler, Regisseure, Kameraleute, Produzenten, Komponisten, Drehbuchautoren, Filmarchitekten, Ausstatter, Kostümbildner, Cutter, Tontechniker, Maskenbildner und Special Effects Designer des 20. Jahrhunderts.'' Band 2: ''C – F. John Paddy Carstairs – Peter Fitz.'' Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001,
* Oscherwitz, Dayna & Higgins, MaryEllen. ''The A to Z of French Cinema''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
* Kay Weniger: ''‘Es wird im Leben dir mehr genommen als gegeben …’. Lexikon der aus Deutschland und Österreich emigrierten Filmschaffenden 1933 bis 1945. Eine Gesamtübersicht.'' ACABUS-Verlag, Hamburg 2011, , S. 161 f.