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Géza von Radványi | |
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 Radványi and his wifeMaria von Tasnády | |
| Born | Géza Grosschmid (1907-09-26)26 September 1907 |
| Died | 27 November 1986(1986-11-27) (aged 79) |
| Occupation | Film director |
| Years active | 1947–1980 |
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Géza von Radványi (bornGéza Grosschmid; 26 September 1907 – 27 November 1986) was a Hungarian film director,cinematographer, producer and writer.
Born Géza Grosschmid, he took the name Radványi from his paternal grandmother. His brother was the writerSándor 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, withSomewhere in Europe andWomen Without Names, neorealist dramas with no concession to the ravages of war and the postwar period. During the 1950s, Radványi changed his style:L'Étrange Désir de monsieur Bard, withMichel Simon andGeneviève Page (1953), and, above all, the success of his remake ofMädchen in Uniform withLilli Palmer and the young rising starRomy Schneider (1958). He also made in the same decadeDouze heures d'horloge [fr], athriller based on a script byBoileau andNarcejac, withLino Ventura andLaurent Terzieff, as well as a slapstick comedy,An Angel on Wheels withRomy Schneider andHenri Vidal (1959).
During the 1960s, he became both more ambitious and more bankable, making70 mm coproductions likeUncle Tom's Cabin withMylène Demongeot andHerbert Lom (1965), andDer Kongreß amüsiert sich withLilli Palmer,Curd Jürgens,Paul Meurisse andFrançoise Arnoul (1966), both of which were rather unsuccessful.
In contrast, he surprisingly wrote the script for the successful film produced by[1]Louis de Funès,L'homme orchestre, directed bySerge Korber (1970). His 1961 filmDas Riesenrad was entered into the2nd Moscow International Film Festival.[2] His 1965 filmUncle Tom's Cabin was entered into the4th Moscow International Film Festival.[3]
Géza von Radványi ended his career with a modest production made in his home country,Circus Maximus (1980).
He published many crime novels under the pseudonym Géza Radvany :
.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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