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István Szabó (I)


István Szabó was the first director to bring home to Hungary the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. The movie receiving the award was his 1981 film Mephisto. In January 2006, it became public that he had been an agent of the III/III department, a former communist agency of interior intelligence. After the revolution in 1956, he was blackmailed ... See full bio »

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Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 44 wins & 19 nominations. See more awards »

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Sunshine Director
(1999)
Mephisto Director
(1981)
Confidence Director
(1980)
Meeting Venus Director
(1991)

Filmography

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 2020 Zárójelentés (directed by)
 2012/I The Door
 2006 Rokonok
 2004 Being Julia
 2004 Európából Európába (Documentary short) (segment "2")
 2002 Ten Minutes Older: The Cello (segment "Ten Minutes After")
 2001 Taking Sides
 1999 Sunshine
 1997 Minden Ami Zene (TV Series) (series director)
 1996 Offenbachs Geheimnis (TV Movie)
 1991 Meeting Venus
 1988 Hanussen
 1985 Katzenspiel (TV Movie)
 1985 Colonel Redl
 1984 Bali (TV Movie)
 1982 Levél apámhoz (TV Movie)
 1981 Mephisto
 1980 Confidence
 1977 Várostérkép (Short)
 1976 Ösbemutató (TV Movie)
 1972 Álom a házról (Short)
 1970 Szerelmesfilm
 1969 Bors (TV Series) (1 episode)
 1967 Kegyelet (Short)
 1966 Father
 1965 Kresz-mese gyerekeknek (Short)
 1963 Te (Short)
 1962 Koncert (Short)
 1962 Variációk egy témára (Short)
 1960 Plakátragasztó (Short)
 1959 A hetedik napon (Short)
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Alternate Names:

Istvan Szabo
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Personal Quote:

[on critics who claim that a knowledge of Hungarian history is necessary to understand his films] I'm talking universally about how our subconscious apprehension of our history guides and controls us. It runs us without our knowledge necessarily. You don't need Hungarian history to explain it. See more »

Trivia:

Directed one Oscar nominated performance: Annette Bening in Being Julia (2004). See more »

Trademark:

Cinematography by Lajos Koltai

Star Sign:

Aquarius

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