Hungarian film director, cinematographer, producer and writer
Géza von Radványi
Born Géza Grosschmid
(1907-09-26 ) 26 September 1907Died 27 November 1986(1986-11-27) (aged 79) Occupation Film director Years active 1947–1980 Spouses
Eva Marie Daghofer
(
m. 1930;
div. 1937)
Géza von Radványi (born Géza Grosschmid ; 26 September 1907 – 27 November 1986) was a Hungarian film director, cinematographer , producer and writer.
Biography
Born Géza Grosschmid, he took the name Radványi from his paternal grandmother. His brother was the writer Sándor Márai . Géza von Radványi made his debut in journalism before moving to cinema in 1941. He aimed to create a popular cinema in the 1950s and 1960s that would rival Hollywood studios, due to European coproductions.
He began at the end of the 1940s, with Somewhere in Europe Women Without Names L'Étrange Désir de monsieur Bard Michel Simon and Geneviève Page (1953), and, above all, the success of his remake of Mädchen in Uniform Lilli Palmer and the young rising star Romy Schneider (1958). He also made in the same decade Douze heures d'horloge [fr ] thriller based on a script by Boileau and Narcejac , with Lino Ventura and Laurent Terzieff , as well as a slapstick comedy, An Angel on Wheels Romy Schneider and Henri Vidal (1959).
During the 1960s, he became both more ambitious and more bankable, making 70 mm coproductions like Uncle Tom's Cabin Mylène Demongeot and Herbert Lom (1965), and Der Kongreß amüsiert sich Lilli Palmer , Curd Jürgens , Paul Meurisse and Françoise Arnoul (1966), both of which were rather unsuccessful.
The tomb of Géza von Radványi in Budapest. In contrast, he surprisingly wrote the script for the successful film produced by[ 1] Louis de Funès , L'homme orchestre Serge Korber (1970). His 1961 film Das Riesenrad 2nd Moscow International Film Festival .[ 2] Uncle Tom's Cabin 4th Moscow International Film Festival .[ 3]
Géza von Radványi ended his career with a modest production made in his home country, Circus Maximus (1980).
Selected filmography
Closed Court Sarajevo Castle in Transylvania Europe Doesn't Answer Yellow Hell The Talking Robe A Woman Looks Back Somewhere in Europe Women Without Names Simone Simon and Françoise Rosay L'Étrange Désir de monsieur Bard Michel Simon and Geneviève Page A Girl Without Boundaries Sonja Ziemann and Ivan Desny Ingrid Johanna Matz and Paul Hubschmid Das Schloß in Tirol [de ] Karlheinz Böhm The Doctor of Stalingrad O. E. Hasse , Eva Bartok , Hannes Messemer and Mario Adorf Mädchen in Uniform Romy Schneider and Lilli Palmer Douze heures d'horloge [fr ] Lino Ventura , Laurent Terzieff , Hannes Messemer , Eva Bartok and Gert Fröbe An Angel on Wheels Romy Schneider and Henri Vidal Ich schwöre und gelobe [de ] Wolfgang Lukschy and Hans Christian Blech Und sowas nennt sich Leben [de ] Elke Sommer and Karin Baal Das Riesenrad Maria Schell and O. W. Fischer It Can't Always Be Caviar [de ] O. W. Fischer , Jean Richard , Eva Bartok and Senta Berger This Time It Must Be Caviar [de ] O. W. Fischer , Jean Richard , Eva Bartok and Senta Berger Uncle Tom's Cabin John Kitzmiller , Mylène Demongeot , Juliette Gréco , Herbert Lom and O. W. Fischer Congress of Love [de ] Curd Jürgens , Lilli Palmer , Hannes Messemer , Paul Meurisse and Françoise Arnoul Circus Maximus (1980), with Ági Margittay and Antal Páger
Bibliography
He published many crime novels under the pseudonym Géza Radvany :
16 Heures au Paradis , novel, Éditions de Trévise, Paris, 1974.Troubles , novel, Éditions de Trévise, Paris, 1975. ISBN 2711202895 Les Otages de la nuit , novel, Éditions de Trévise, Paris, 1976. ISBN 2-7112-0314-X Chantage sur canapé , novel, Éditions de Trévise, Paris, 1978. ISBN 2-7112-0326-3 Drames de dames , novel, Éditions de Trévise, Paris, 1980. ISBN 2-7112-0400-6
Notes
René Barjavel :[ 4] Géza von Radványi est non-seulement un des plus grands créateurs du cinéma mondial, mais avant, et au-dessus, cet être rare, fabuleux, presque invraisemblable : un homme fraternel
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