Béla Gaál
1923
Born(1893-01-02)2 January 1893
Died18 February 1945(1945-02-18) (aged 52)
Occupation(s)Screenwriter
Film director
Years active1920 - 1939

Béla Gaál (2 January 1893 18 February 1945) was a Hungarian film director. His 1930 film Csak egy kislány van a világon was the first sound film to be made in Hungary.[1]

Béla Gaál's prisoner registry card at Dachau Nazi Concentration Camp.

In 1945 he was interned by the Nazis in Dachau Concentration Camp, where he would die.

Selected filmography

References

  1. Cunningham p.28

Bibliography

  • Buranbaeva, Oksana & Mladineo, Vanja. Culture and Customs of Hungary. ABC-CLIO, 2011.
  • Burns, Bryan. World Cinema: Hungary. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1996.
  • Cunningham, John. Hungarian Cinema: From Coffee House to Multiplex. Wallflower Press, 2004.
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