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Istvan Svabo was the first Hungarian director to win an Oscar (Although a Hungarian-American director, Michael Curtiz [Mihaly Kertesz], also won an Oscar previously for directing Casablanca). He received the award for his 1981 movie Mephisto. In January 2006, it became public that he had been an agent of the III/III department, a former communist ... See full bio »
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Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 43 wins & 17 nominations. See more awards »

Known For

Sunshine
Sunshine Director
(1999)
Mephisto
Mephisto Director
(1981)
Bizalom
Bizalom Director
(1980)
Édes Emma, drága Böbe - vázlatok, aktok
Édes Emma, drága Böbe - vázlatok, aktok Director
(1992)
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 2019 Zárójelentés (directed by) (post-production)
 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 Bizalom
 1977 Várostérkép (Short)
 1976 Ösbemutató (TV Movie)
 1972 Álom a házról (Short)
 1970 Szerelmesfilm
 1969 Bors (TV Series) (1 episode)
- Vesztegzár a határon (1969)
 1967 Kegyelet (Short)
 1966 Father
 1965 Kresz-mese gyerekeknek (Short)
 1964 Variációk egy témára (Short)
 1963 Te (Short)
 1962 Koncert (Short)
 1960 Plakátragasztó (Short)
 1959 A Hetedik napon (Short)
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Alternate Names:

Istvan Szabo
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[on Mephisto (1981)] I only wanted to show the problem and hoped that the viewer will identify with that character and then feel ashamed. And if they do feel ashamed, they will encounter themselves. Then they can get to know themselves better. And maybe that feeling of shame - that cathartic sense of shame - is a vaccination against actually being like that. This is out effort with that film, and... See more »

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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 and forced to cooperate, though later he was considered willingly cooperative. Allegedly, he wrote reports about fellow Hungarian directors, actors and actresses such as Miklós Jancsó, Mari Töröcsik, Károly Mécs... See more »

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Cinematography by Lajos Koltai

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