Josef von Báky

Joseph of Báky ( born March 23, 1902 in Zombor, † July 28, 1966 in Munich) was a Hungarian film director.

Life

He was the son of the judge's chair ( district administrator ) Báky Alexius and his wife Blanca, born Pal. Even before leaving school he worked as a projectionist. Joseph of Báky graduated from the Technical University in Budapest in 1920. He then headed on behalf of a Hungarian bank house hotel on the Adriatic Sea and took part in a movie rental.

In 1927 he moved to Berlin and worked as an extra and began his artistic career as an assistant director Géza von Bolváry. In 1936, he was with Intermezzo his debut as a feature film director. He made ​​off with environmental studies and socio-critical dramas a name ( The woman at the Crossroads, The small and the great love ) and scored with Annelie 1941 a first commercial success. This meant that he was allowed to stage the 1943 UFA anniversary film Münchhausen. For the large-scale production Erich Kästner had written the script (though due to missing write permission under a pseudonym ). , Hans Albers played the title role and many UFA stars like Ilse Werner, Brigitte Horney and Leo Slezak could be obtained for the occupation

After the Second World War, founded by the object-glass Báky -Film GmbH, with whom he produced the two films debris ... and above us the sky as well as the reputation. Then turned from Báky still socially critical films like The Breakfast tires, company biography Hotel Adlon and the Edgar Wallace film The strange countess. For his Kästner adaptation Lottie and Lisa 1951, he was awarded the Film Award for Best Feature Film.

Joseph of Báky was married to the Hungarian singer Julia Nemeth since 1928.

Filmography

Assistant director

Direction

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