István Mihály

Hungarian screenwriter

István Mihály

Mihály in 1930.

Born| 29 June 1892

Budapest, Austro-Hungarian Empire

Died| 23 February 1945 (aged 62)

Bruck an der Leitha, Austria

Occupation| Screenwriter
Years active| 1922–1944 (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

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### As director and writer

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* The Seventh Veil (1927)

### As writer only

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* Flying Gold (1932)
* Miss Iza (1933)
* Judgment of Lake Balaton (1933)
* Emmy (1934)
* Cornflower (1934)
* Everything for the Woman (1934)
* Romance of Ida (1934)
* Purple Lilacs (1934)
* The Empress and the Hussar (1935)
* Family Bonus (1937)
* Help, I'm an Heiress (1937)
* Black Diamonds (1938)
* Number 111 (1938)
* The Henpecked Husband (1938)
* Wedding in Toprin (1939)
* Machita (1944)

## References

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1. ^ Juhász p.149
2. ^ Khatib p.37

## Bibliography

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* 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.

## External links

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* István Mihály at IMDb

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