István Mihály
Mihály in 1930.
Born29 June 1892
Died23 February 1945 (aged 62)
OccupationScreenwriter
Years active1922–1944 (film)

István Mihály (1892–1945) was a Hungarian screenwriter and lyricist.[1] He combined employment in the Hungarian film industry alongside work writing for cabarets.[2] Mihály was born to a Jewish family in Budapest. He began working in the silent era, and directed a single film The Seventh Veil (1927). His career flourished in the 1930s following the introduction of sound film, but the Anti-Jewish laws enacted by the Horthy regime forced him to work using an alias during the 1940s. In 1944 following the German invasion that brought the Nazi-backed Arrow Cross to power he was arrested due to his Jewish background and subject to forced labour. In a weakened condition he died in Bruck an der Leitha.

Selected filmography

As director and writer

As writer only

References

  1. Juhász p.149
  2. Khatib p.37

Bibliography

  • Khatib, Lina H. Storytelling in World Cinemas, Volume 1. Columbia University Press, 2012.
  • Juhász, István. Kincses magyar filmtár 1931-1944: az eredeti forgatókönyvből 1931 és 1944 között létrejött hazai mozgóképekről. Kráter, 2007.
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