Peter Bacso

Director, Screenwriter

About

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Birth Place
Budapest, HU
Born
January 06, 1928

Biography

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Bacso's career is indicative of the changing climate in Hungary for filmmakers critical of their country's recent past. His 1968 film "The Witness," a farcical account of the 1949 Stalinist purge as seen through the eyes of a naive Communist, was withheld by the authorities for nine years. More recently, however, he has not only treated this subject more seriously--in "Oh, Bloody Life" (...

Filmography

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Sztalin Menyasszonya (2006)
Director
Smoldering Cigarette (2001)
Director
Balekok es Banditak (1997)
Director
Do Widzenia Wczoraj (1994)
Director ("Part Two: Live Show")
Titania, Titania (1988)
Director
Banahejkeringo (1986)
Director

Biography

Bacso's career is indicative of the changing climate in Hungary for filmmakers critical of their country's recent past. His 1968 film "The Witness," a farcical account of the 1949 Stalinist purge as seen through the eyes of a naive Communist, was withheld by the authorities for nine years. More recently, however, he has not only treated this subject more seriously--in "Oh, Bloody Life" (1983)--but has also been made managing director of the state-owned Dialog Studio.

Filmography

 

Director (Feature Film)

Sztalin Menyasszonya (2006)
Director
Smoldering Cigarette (2001)
Director
Balekok es Banditak (1997)
Director
Do Widzenia Wczoraj (1994)
Director ("Part Two: Live Show")
Titania, Titania (1988)
Director
Banahejkeringo (1986)
Director
Hany az ora, Vekker Ur? (1984)
Director
Te rongyos elet!... (1983)
Director
Witness (1983)
Director
A Sertes (1982)
Director
Tegnapelott (1982)
Director
Mannen som gick upp i rok (1980)
Director
Aramutes (1978)
Director
Ki beszel itt szerelemrol? (1978)
Director
Riasztoloves (1977)
Director
Forro Viget a Pazra (1977)
Director
Zongora a Levegoben (1976)
Director
Eresz el a szakallamat (1975)
Director
Szikrazo laynok (1974)
Director
Harmadik nekifutas (1973)
Director
Forro Vizet a Kopaszra (1973)
Director
Jelenido (1972)
Director

Writer (Feature Film)

Sztalin Menyasszonya (2006)
Screenwriter
Smoldering Cigarette (2001)
Screenwriter
Balekok es Banditak (1997)
Screenwriter
Do Widzenia Wczoraj (1994)
Screenplay ("Part Two: Live Show")
Egy Erkolcsos Ejszaka (1989)
Screenwriter
Titania, Titania (1988)
Screenwriter
Banahejkeringo (1986)
Screenwriter
Hany az ora, Vekker Ur? (1984)
Screenwriter
Tegnapelott (1982)
Screenwriter

Producer (Feature Film)

Magyar Rekviem (1990)
Producer
Lily in Love (1985)
Executive Producer

Life Events

1951

Debut as a screenwriter, co-writing "Deryne"

1963

Film directing debut, "No Problems in Summer"

1967

Appointed head of Mafilm 1 in Hungary

1969

Wrote and directed "The Witness/A Tanu"

1971

Penned the script for the well-received "Szerelem/Love"

1982

Returned to Mafilm 1 as managing director

1986

Wrote and directed "Banana Skin Waltz"

1991

Helmed "Stalin's Fiancee"

1997

Wrote and directed "Gulls and Gangsters/Balekok Es Banditak"

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