István Erdélyi
{{Short description|Hungarian film producer}}
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| birth_date = 22 December 1902
| birth_place = Budapest, Austro-Hungarian Empire
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| occupation = Producer
| yearsactive = c.1936–1944 (film)
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István Erdélyi (born 1902) was a Hungarian film producer. Active in the Hungarian film industry during the 1930s and 1940s, he founded the production and distribution company Kárpát Film and was a leader of the industry body OMME.Frey p.231 He opposed the Anti-Jewish Laws imposed by the Hungarian government as harmful to the film industry, and sought approval to continue employing Jewish filmmakers such as Karoly Noti.Frey p.241-42
Selected filmography
- Tomi (1936)
- Hello, Peter! (1939)
- Matthew Arranges Things (1940)
- The Bercsenyi Hussars (1940)
- The Gyurkovics Boys (1941)
- The Perfect Family (1942)
- A Message from the Volga Shore (1942)
- The Marsh Flower (1943)
- African Bride (1944)
References
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Bibliography
- Frey, David. Jews, Nazis and the Cinema of Hungary: The Tragedy of Success, 1929-1944. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2017.
External links
- {{IMDb name|1065174}}
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Category:Year of death unknown
Category:Hungarian film producers
Category:Film people from Budapest
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