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István Szabó (Hungarian: [ˈsɒboː ˈiʃtvaːn]; born 18 February 1938) is a Hungarian film director, screenwriter, and opera director. Szabó is one of the most notable Hungarian filmmakers and one who has been best known outside the Hungarian-speaking world since the late 1960s.
István Szabó. Director: Sunshine. István Szabó was the first director to bring home to Hungary the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. The movie receiving the award was his 1981 film Mephisto.
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- Director, Writer, Actor
- Budapest, Hungary
- István Szabó
István Szabó is one of the few Hungarian filmmakers to have earned a major international reputation over the past half century. This thoughtful and original book is the first examination of Szabó's contribution to contemporary thought, engaging the troubled history of Europe in the 20th and 21st centuries.
Learn about István Szabó, one of the most important Hungarian filmmakers of the 20th Century, and his filmography. See his highest rated movies, such as Father, Sunshine, and Mephisto, and his lowest rated movie, Shem.
István Szabó is a Hungarian film director who won an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film for Mephisto (1981). He also made English-language films with Klaus Maria Brandauer and Lajos Koltai, and was a former communist agent.
- February 18, 1938
Jul 14, 2000 · Sunshine: Directed by István Szabó. With Ralph Fiennes, Rosemary Harris, Rachel Weisz, Jennifer Ehle. The fate of a Hungarian Jewish family throughout the 20th century.
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Mar 20, 2013 · Sweeping secrets under the rug. When Emerenc, the central character of István Szabó's "The Door," sweeps the pavement to rid it of snow, she looks like she's fighting an enemy.
