Akos Farkas (cinematographer)
| Akos Farkas | |
|---|---|
| Born |
9 September 1898 Austro-Hungarian Empire |
| Died |
2 February 1971 United States |
| Occupation | Cinematographer |
| Years active | 1923-1954 |
Akos Farkas (1898–1971) was a Hungarian-born cinematographer who worked in a number of different countries including Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, Canada and the United States. He worked on more than thirty films during his career including Frederic Zelnik's The Forester's Daughter (1931)[1] Because of his Jewish heritage, Farkas had to leave Germany following the Nazi takeover in 1933.
Selected filmography
- The Third Watch (1924)
- The Bohemian Dancer (1926)
- Five Anxious Days (1928)
- On the Reeperbahn at Half Past Midnight (1929)
- Road to Rio (1931)
- The Forester's Daughter (1931)
- Willem van Oranje (1934)
- Pygmalion (1937)
- Star of the Sea (1938)
- All of Life in One Night (1938)
References
- ↑ Klossner p.146
Bibliography
- Klossner, Michael. The Europe of 1500-1815 on Film and Television. McFarland & Co., 2002.
- Prawer, S.S. Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933. Berghahn Books, 2005.
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