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

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Bibliography

  • Frey, David. Jews, Nazis and the Cinema of Hungary: The Tragedy of Success, 1929-1944. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2017.