József Szilas

{{Short description|Hungarian film editor}}

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| birth_date = 25 December 1910

| birth_place = Budapest, Austro-Hungarian Empire

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| occupation =Editor

| yearsactive = 1933–1939 (film)

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József Szilas (born 1910) was a Hungarian film editor. https://port.hu/adatlap/szemely/szilas-jozsef/person-132821Hagener, Malte & Hans p.210 He was active as an editor during the 1930s, working on films from a range of genres but particularly comedies. However, of Jewish heritage, the new anti-Jewish Laws prevented him from working in the cinema. His date of death is unknown, but he likely died while working as a forced labourer during the Holocaust.

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Bibliography

  • Hagener, Malte & Hans, Jan. Als die Filme singen lernten: Innovation und Tradition im Musikfilm, 1928-1938. 1999.