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Istvan Szabo
Birth at
18 February 1938
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Istvan Szabo is a Hungarian screenwriter, writer and film director from Budapest. Istvan comes from a Jewish family. After finishing high school, he worked for a radio station as a reporter. In 1956, he decided to enter the directorial faculty of the Institute of Cinema and Theatre in the capital of Hungary for the course of Felix Mariassy. In the process of training, he managed to shoot several short films, including such works as “You” and “Variations on the topic”.
The diploma film “Concert”
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Istvan Szabo is a Hungarian screenwriter, writer and film director from Budapest.
Istvan comes from a Jewish family. After finishing high school, he worked for a radio station as a reporter. In 1956, he decided to enter the directorial faculty of the Institute of Cinema and Theatre in the capital of Hungary for the course of Felix Mariassy. In the process of training, he managed to shoot several short films, including such works as “You” and “Variations on the topic”.
The diploma film “Concert” has been a success at many international film festivals. Since the sixties, Istvan has become one of the leading Hungarian filmmakers, and his films have been created in the customs of European auteur cinema and covered the political, psychological and social clashes of the recent history of central Europe.
Szabo's early works, such as
"25 Fire Street" The film was created under the influence of the French new wave and included experiments with pitch and form, from time to time blurring the boundaries between reality, memories and dreams. Each film includes iconography, Istvan tried to emphasize it, giving each object a symbolic meaning. Central symbol
"Budapest Tales" It became a man and a tram car, used throughout all creativity.
The paintings “Hanussen”, “Colonel Redl” and “Mephisto” formed the so-called “German trilogy”. Szabo, which brought him worldwide fame. But the most significant contribution to cinema was his early film.
Father And movies that came out in the seventies. Filmed after the release of the “German trilogy” the works of the director bore the imprint of academicism.
In 2006, Istvan Szabo noted himself as an actor, taking part in the filming of the comedy “I Served the English King” directed by Jiri Menzel.