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György Palásthy
Esztergom, Hungary
György Palásthy ( Esztergom , January 12 , 1931 – Budapest , April 16, 2012 ) Hungarian film director and screenwriter, winner of the Béla Balázs Prize . His parents were Sándor…
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György Palásthy ( Esztergom , January 12 , 1931 – Budapest , April 16, 2012 ) Hungarian film director and screenwriter, winner of the Béla Balázs Prize . His parents were Sándor Palásthy and Anna Blahovics. He was studying electrical engineering when he won a literary competition at the age of 16. In 1950, he was admitted to the Academy of Theater and Film Arts , where he graduated in 1954 with a degree in film directing. He then became an employee of Mafilm . His first work was the script for the 1959 film Kölyök . He became one of the first managers of the Balázs Béla Studio, founded in 1959 . From 1960, he also worked for Hungarian Television . In 1961, Is Everyone Innocent? was his first independent direction of the feature film. In 1962, he married Ilona Dávid. They had three children: Ágnes (1954), György (1958) and Beáta (1963). He directed children's films from 1969. He was a board member of the Film Arts Association.
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2001
The Rebellion of the Straw Men
Movie Director
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1997
Return Ticket
Movie Director
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1987
S.O.S. Szobafogság!
Movie Director
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1987
Giddy Vacations
Movie Director
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1984
The Music of Life
Movie Director
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1981
A Harum-Scarum Family
Movie Director
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1979
That Lovely Green Grass
Movie Director
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1978
Vacations on the Dead Street
Movie Director
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1976
Upside Down
Movie Director
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1975
Pikemen
Movie Director
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1973
A Lad on White Horse
Movie Director
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1972
Junior Jr. Comes
Movie Director
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1971
Hi, Junior!
Movie Director
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1969
The Wizard
Movie Director
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1969
The Heir
Movie Director
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1969
On Home Grounds
Movie Director
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1968
Isten óvd a királyt
Movie Director
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1968
Bors
TV show Director
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1967
The Widow and the Police Officer
Movie Director
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1966
Faithful for Nothing
Movie Director
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1966
Ketten haltak meg
Movie Director
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1964
Másfél millió
Movie Director
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1963
The Naked Diplomat
Movie Writer
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1962
A Bus Does Not Stop
Movie Director
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1961
Alba Regia
Movie Writer
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1959
Our Kid
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VII. Olivér
Movie Writer
