István Mihály

István Mihály
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

As director and writer

The Seventh Veil (1927)

As writer only

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

^ Juhász p.149
^ Khatib p.37

Bibliography

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.