Ladislao Vajda
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Born | László Vajda Weisz 18 August 1906 |
Died | 25 March 1965 Barcelona, Spain | (aged 58)
Resting place | Sacramental de San Justo, Madrid, Spain |
Occupation | Film director |
Years active | 1932–1965 |
Ladislao Vajda (born Weisz László; 18 August 1906, Budapest – 25 March 1965, Barcelona) was a Hungarian-Spanish[1] film director who made films in Spain, Portugal, the United Kingdom, Italy and West Germany.
Biography[]
He was born in Budapest, his father being an actor and screenwriter.
Vajda started his career as film editor (even though he also worked as artistic designer and writer) for different directors, such as Billy Wilder and Henry Koster. Eventually, he undertook his first directorial effort in his native country, Hungary.
Before World War II he became established in Italy, where he directed two movies: La zia smemorata (1940, it) and Giuliano de' Medici (1941, it). Finally, he moved to Spain, where he continued directing films. The first film from his Spanish period was Se vende un palacio (A Palace for Sale), released in 1943. During the 1940s, Vajda directed several movies in Portugal, United Kingdom and, mainly, in Spain.
However, he would reach his artistic peak in the 1950s. Vajda's movies during this period are clearly influenced by the German director Fritz Lang. His main works during this period are: Miracle of Marcelino (1955), Uncle Hyacynth (1956), Afternoon of the Bulls (1956), The Man Who Wagged His Tail (1957) with Peter Ustinov, and It Happened in Broad Daylight (1958). They were acclaimed by both critics and public: The Miracle of Marcelino and Uncle Hyacynth won different prizes in Cannes Film Festival and Berlin Film Festival; Afternoon of the Bulls was nominated for the Palme d'Or[2] and It Happened in Broad Daylight for the Golden Bear.
During the 1960s, Vajda worked on several different minor works in West Germany and Spain. He died in Barcelona in 1965.
Filmography[]
- The Beggar Student (1931)
- The Woman They Talk About (1931)
- Once There Was a Waltz (1932)
- A Bit of Love (1932)
- Where Is This Lady? (1932)
- (1933)
- Ball at the Savoy (1935)
- (1935)
- (1936)
- (1936)
- (1937)
- (1936)
- Cafe Moscow (1936)
- Wings Over Africa (1937)
- The Wife of General Ling (1937)
- (1937)
- (1937)
- Princess Tarakanova (1938)
- Magda Expelled (1938)
- (1938)
- Black Diamonds (1938)
- Rézi Friday (1938)
- La Zia smemorata (1940)
- (1941)
- A Palace for Sale (1942)
- (1944)
- (1944)
- (1944)
- (1945)
- (1945)
- (1947)
- (1947)
- (1947)
- Call of the Blood (1948)
- The Golden Madonna (1949)
- (1950)
- (1950)
- The Woman with No Name (1950)
- Spanish Serenade (1952)
- Doña Francisquita (1953)
- Carne de horca (1953)
- Aventuras del barbero de Sevilla (1954)
- Marcelino pan y vino (1955)
- Tarde de toros (1956)
- Mi tío Jacinto (1956)
- Un ángel pasó por Brooklyn (1957)
- It Happened in Broad Daylight (1958)
- The Man Who Walked Through the Wall (1959)
- Maria, Registered in Bilbao (1960)
- The Shadows Grow Longer (1961)
- The Liar (1961)
- The Lightship (1963)
- A Nearly Decent Girl (1963)
- La Dama de Beirut (1965)
References[]
- ^ Medina, Marta (19 August 2016). "La desaparición del padre húngaro de 'Marcelino, pan y vino'" [The disappearance of the Hungarian father of 'Marcelino, pan y vino']. El Confidencial (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 May 2020.
y acabó recibiendo la Orden de Isabel la Católica y la nacionalidad española de mano del régimen franquista
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Afternoon of the Bulls". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 8 February 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2009.
External links[]
- 1906 births
- 1965 deaths
- Film people from Budapest
- Hungarian film directors
- German-language film directors