Joe Hajos
Joe Hajos , born in József Hajós (born March 10, 1907 in Malencze , Austria-Hungary , † August 26, 1982 in Eaubonne , France ) was a Hungarian film composer , conductor and entertainment musician .
Life
József Hajós came from the Hungarian province. He received his artistic training at the Musikhochschule in Vienna . In 1928 Hajos went to Berlin and began to work there as a pianist and conductor. At the same time he also wrote individual songs for Joseph Schmidt . His first success as a composer was the hit 'Do you know that Hungarian is very difficult?' In 1930 . In October 1931 he won a hit competition at Scala in Berlin with the song 'I kissed you once'. In the same year Hajos began to work as a film composer and had his own band with 'Joe Hajos and his twelve soloists'.
In 1933 Hajos had to flee Germany because of his Jewish belief as a result of the seizure of power . He first returned to his old homeland and moved to Paris the following year . There, Joe Hajos began to compose regularly for the film with a composition for the Buster Keaton comedy " Le roi des Champs-Elysées ". The following year, Hajos also worked with the German émigré Paul Dessau . On the eve of World War II , Hajos returned to Budapest, but remained excluded from the film business for the entire duration of the war. Immediately after the end of the war, Joe Hajos returned to France, where he continued his work on the local film. In 1950 he worked on the music for Max Ophuls ' dance - version, the following year, Hajos was at the composition to pleasure , a production by the same director involved. In 1954 he largely stopped his film activities. Significantly, the exception was "Mathias Sandorf", who played in Hungary.
Filmography
- 1931: Crossword puzzle (short film)
- 1932: Van Geldern criminal case
- 1932: Kitty stumbles into happiness
- 1933: Mindent a nőért!
- 1934: Le roi des Champs-Elysées
- 1935: Paris-Toulon sleeping car (Fanfare d'amour)
- 1935: Taras Boulba ( Tarass Boulba ) (also British verse The Rebel Son )
- 1936: 27, rue de la Paix
- 1937: The Lie of Nina Petrovna ( Le mensonge de Nina Petrovna )
- 1938: L'inconnue de Monte Carlo (also Italian verse La signora di Montecarlo )
- 1939: Le Danube bleu
- 1939: Coups de feu
- 1939: Hölgyek előnyben (also screenplay)
- 1945: La femme fatale
- 1945: And something called a detective (L'insaissable Frédéric)
- 1946: L'éventail
- 1947: Alarm in San Juano (Cargaison clandestine)
- 1947: Émile l'africain
- 1948: Judgment of one night (Nuit blanche)
- 1948: The Night of Love (Ainsi finit la nuit)
- 1949: Casimir (Casimir)
- 1950: Underworld of Paris (Le traqué)
- 1950: Your path is determined for you (Quai de Grenelle)
- 1950: Der Reigen (only adaptation)
- 1950: dreamy days
- 1951: Five Girls and One Man (A Tale of Five Cities)
- 1951: Pläsier
- 1953: Act of Love
- 1962: The Citadel of San Marco (Mathias Sandorf)
- 1965: Les Aventures de Saturnin (TV series)
literature
- Kay Less : "In life, more is taken from you than given ...". Lexicon of filmmakers who emigrated from Germany and Austria between 1933 and 1945. A general overview. ACABUS Verlag, Hamburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86282-049-8 , p. 229.
Web links
- Joe Hajos in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Joe Hajos at filmportal.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hajos, Joe |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hajós, József (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hungarian film composer, conductor and entertainment musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 10, 1907 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Malencze , Austria-Hungary |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 26, 1982 |
| Place of death | Eaubonne , France |