Péter Bacsó
Writing
Péter Bacsó (6 January 1928 – 11 March 2009) was a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. After high school graduation Bacsó wanted to become an actor and later a theatre director, but ultimately decided to try filmmaking. His first job in a film was as an assistant in Géza Radványi's Valahol Európában (Somewhere in Europe) at the age of 19. He continued as a script editor and screenwriter. He graduated at the Hungarian School of Theatrical- and Film Arts in 1950. At the time he was already a familiar face in studios. He was a successful screenwriter during the 1950s before beginning to direct films a decade later. He made his first feature film, Nyáron egyszerű in 1963. He made his most famous film, A tanú (The Witness) in 1969, but it was banned at the time and wasn't released until 1979. The film became a cult classic in Hungary; it is a political satire about the early-1950s Communist regime. Bacsó later continued to make mostly political and satirical films, for a wider audience. He made various genre films, trying his hand in musicals, comedies, etc. He continued filmmaking up to his later years, however his last two films were generally dismissed by critics and the public alike as badly written and low quality works. His 2001 film Hamvadó cigarettavég (Smouldering Cigarette) was a biopic of Hungarian actress and singer Katalin Karády. His 2008 film Virtually a Virgin was entered into the 30th Moscow International Film Festival. Description above from the Wikipedia article Péter Bacsó, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
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movieSmouldering Cigarette
2001
Screenplay
movieWitness Again
1995
Writer
movieStalin's Bride
1991
Screenplay
movieOh, Bloody Life
1984
Writer
movieThe Day before Yesterday
1982
Screenplay
movieElectric Schock
1979
Screenplay
movieWhy not Speak of Love?
1979
Screenplay
movieThe Witness
1979
Screenplay
movieA Pianino in Mid-Air
1976
Screenplay
movieDon't Pull My Beard!
1975
Screenplay
Dashing Girls
1974
Screenplay
The Last Chance
1973
Screenplay
movieBald Head for Bald Head
1972
Screenplay
movieLove
1971
Screenplay
movieOutbreak
1970
Screenplay
moviePalm Sunday
1969
Script Editor
movieThe Fatal Shot
1968
Writer
movieSummer on the Hill
1967
Screenplay
movieNo Problems in Summer
1964
Screenplay
movieMilitary Band
1961
Screenplay
movieThe Brute
1961
Script Editor
movieDon't Keep Off the Grass
1960
Screenplay
movieCrime at Dawn
1960
Writer
movieSweet Anna
1958
Writer
movieNyugati övezet
1952
Writer
movieMrs. Déry
1951
Screenplay
movieAnna Szabó
1949
Writer
movieIt Happened in Europe
1947
Script Editor
Directing30
movieVirtually a Virgin
2008
Director
movieSmouldering Cigarette
2001
Director
movieGulls and Gangsters
1997
Director
movieWitness Again
1995
Director
movieStalin's Bride
1991
Director
movieBanana Skin Waltz
1987
Director
movieOh, Bloody Life
1984
Director
movieThe Insult
1983
Director
movieWhy not Speak of Love?
1979
Director
movieElectric Schock
1979
Director
movieThe Witness
1979
Director
movieAlarm Shot
1977
Director
movieA Pianino in Mid-Air
1976
Director
movieDon't Pull My Beard!
1975
Director
movieBald Head for Bald Head
1972
Director
movieOutbreak
1970
Director
movieThe Fatal Shot
1968
Director
movieSummer on the Hill
1967
Director
movieCyclists in Love
1965
Director
movieNo Problems in Summer
1964
Director
Production2
movieHungarian Requiem
1990
Producer
movieLily in Love
1984
Executive Producer