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1896-1920 |
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| 1896 | ||||
| 10/5 - | The first public screening is held in the café of the Hotel Royal in Budapest. [MORE] | |||
| 1898 | ||||
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– Projectograph, Hungary's first film company, is formed by Mor Ungerleider and József Neumann. [MORE] |
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– The first screening of a dramatic film made in Hungary takes place in this year. It is called Siófoki Kaland. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1906 | ||||
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– The first film periodical, A kinematograf, is published. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1908 | ||||
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– Mór Ungerleider founds Projectograph, the country’s first film distribution business. The company also starts producing documentaries and newsreels. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1909 | ||||
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A sakkjatek Orultje (Endre Nagy) [MORE] [ADD] |
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A szabadkai drama (Odon Bardi, Bela Zsitkovsky) [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1911 | ||||
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– Alexander Korda embarks on his film career as a critic in Budapest Mozgofenykep Hirado. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1912 | ||||
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The Hunnia Co. opens the country’s first film studio. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 14/9 - |
Noverek, the country’s first full-length fiction film, premieres in Budapest. [MORE] [ADD] |
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Sandor Korda founds film magazine Le Cinema de Pest. [MORE] [ADD] |
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Mihaly Kertesz, who upon arrival in Hollywood will change his name to Michael Curtiz, directs his first film, Ma es Holnap. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1913 | ||||
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A Nagy Tevedes (Raymond Pellerin) [MORE] [ADD] |
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Rablelek (Mihaly Kertesz) [MORE] [ADD] |
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Sarga Csiko (Felix Vanyl) [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1914 | ||||
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Bank Ban (Mihaly Kertesz) [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1915 | ||||
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Doktor Ur (Mihaly Kertesz) [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1916 | ||||
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| Feher ejszakak (Sandor Korda) [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
| Mesék az írógéprol (Tales about the Typewriter) (Sandor Korda) [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
| Mór Jókai, Mire megvénülünk (When We Grow Old) (Ödön Uher) [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
| 1917 | ||||
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| 31/12 - | Sandor Korda and Miklos Pasztoory buy out the Corvin production company from Jeno Jancovicz and transfer operations to Budapest, where a new studio is under construction. [MORE] [ADD] | |||
| – As a result of the wartime ban on American, French and Italian films, Hungary becomes one of the biggest film-producing nations. [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
| – The Astra film production company is formed. [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
| Hungary 1917: Other Films of Note | ||||
| The Boys from Pal Street (Bela Balogh) [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
| Harrison es Barrison (Sandor Korda) [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
| A Fold embere (Mihaly Kertesz) [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
| Szent Peter esernyoje (Sandor Korda) [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
| 1919 | ||||
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The Hungarian film industry is nationalised. Members of the first filmmakers’ council are Sandor Korda, Mihaly Kertesz, and Bela Blasko (Bela Lugosi). [MORE] [ADD] |
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Following the fall of the communist regime of Bela Kun, many actors and filmmakers flee the country. Amongst them are Sandor Korda and Mihaly Kertesz who, between them, have dominated the Hungarian film industry. Korda flees to Vienna with his wife, Maria, while Kertesz heads for Sweden. [MORE] [ADD] |
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– The lifting of the import ban on films leads to the collapse of the domestic film industry. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| Hungary 1919: Other Films of Note | ||||
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Ave Caesar! (Sandor Korda) [MORE] [ADD] |
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Feher Rozsa (Sandor Korda) [MORE] [ADD] |
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Yamata (Sandor Korda) [MORE] [ADD] |
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| Tegnap (Lajos Lazar) [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
| 1920 | ||||
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