Josef von Báky

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Josef von Báky (born March 23, 1902 in Zombor ; † July 28, 1966 in Munich ) was a Hungarian film director . His best-known films include Der Ruf (1949), The strange story of Brandner Kaspar (1949) and Stefanie (1958).

Life

He was the son of the head judge (district administrator) Alexius Báky and his wife Blanca, née Pal. Even before graduating from high school, he worked as a projectionist. Josef von Báky graduated from the Technical University in Budapest from 1920 . He then managed a hotel on the Adriatic Sea on behalf of a Hungarian bank and took part in a film distribution company .

In 1927 he moved to Berlin, worked as an extra and began his artistic career as assistant director to Géza von Bolváry . In 1936 he made his debut as a feature film director with Intermezzo . He made a name for himself with milieu studies and dramas ( Die Frau am Scheidewege , Die kleine und die Große Liebe ) and achieved his first commercial success with Annelie in 1941. This led to the fact that he was allowed to direct the UFA anniversary film Münchhausen in 1943 . Erich Kästner wrote the script for the large-scale production (albeit under a pseudonym due to a lack of writing permission), Hans Albers played the title role and many UFA stars such as Ilse Werner , Brigitte Horney and Leo Slezak could be won for the cast.

After the Second World War , von Báky founded Objectiv-Film GmbH , with which he produced the two debris films ... and Above Us The Sky and The Call . After that, von Báky continued to make socially critical films such as The Early Ripe , the company biography Hotel Adlon and the Edgar-Wallace film The Strange Countess . For his Kästner adaptation Das doppelte Lottchen he was awarded the Gold Film Ribbon for the best feature film in 1951 .

Josef von Báky was married to the Hungarian singer Julia Nemeth since 1928.

Filmography

Assistant director

  • 1929: champagne
  • 1929: My daughter's educator
  • 1929: father and son
  • 1930: delicacies
  • 1930: Two hearts in 3/4 time
  • 1930: a tango for you
  • 1930: The song is over
  • 1930: The gentleman on order
  • 1931: The merry women of Vienna
  • 1931: The robbery of the Mona Lisa
  • 1931: love command
  • 1932: A song, a kiss, a girl
  • 1934: spring parade
  • 1935: A winter night's dream
  • 1935: Stradivarius
  • 1936: The kidnapping
  • 1936: The castle in Flanders

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SURNAME Báky, Josef von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Baky, Josef von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hungarian film director
DATE OF BIRTH March 23, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH Zombor
DATE OF DEATH July 28, 1966
Place of death Munich