István Mihály

István Mihály
File:MihályIstván.jpg Mihály in 1930.
Born	29 June 1892 Budapest, Austro-Hungarian Empire
Died	23 February 1945 (aged 62) Bruck an der Leitha, Austria
Occupation	Screenwriter
Years active	1922–1944 (film)

István Mihály (1892–1945) was a Hungarian screenwriter and lyricist. He combined employment in the Hungarian film industry alongside work writing for cabarets. Mihály was born to a Jewish family in Budapest. He began working in the silent era, and directed a single film The Seventh Veil (1927). His career flourished in the 1930s following the introduction of sound film, but the Anti-Jewish laws enacted by the Horthy regime forced him to work using an alias during the 1940s. In 1944 following the German invasion that brought the Nazi-backed Arrow Cross to power he was arrested due to his Jewish background and subject to forced labour. In a weakened condition he died in Bruck an der Leitha.

Selected filmography

As director and writer

• The Seventh Veil (1927)

As writer only

• Flying Gold (1932)
• Miss Iza (1933)
• Judgment of Lake Balaton (1933)
• Emmy (1934)
• Cornflower (1934)
• Everything for the Woman (1934)
• Romance of Ida (1934)
• Purple Lilacs (1934)
• The Empress and the Hussar (1935)
• Family Bonus (1937)
• Help, I'm an Heiress (1937)
• Black Diamonds (1938)

• Number 111 (1938)
• The Henpecked Husband (1938)
• Wedding in Toprin (1939)
• Machita (1944)

Bibliography

• Khatib, Lina H. Storytelling in World Cinemas, Volume 1. Columbia University Press, 2012.
• Juhász, István. Kincses magyar filmtár 1931-1944: az eredeti forgatókönyvből 1931 és 1944 között létrejött hazai mozgóképekről. Kráter, 2007.

External links

• István Mihály at the Internet Movie Database