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Ferenc Kiss (actor)

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Ferenc Kiss
Born(1892-04-16)16 April 1892
Died13 August 1978(1978-08-13) (aged 86)
OccupationActor
Years active1921-1977

Ferenc Kiss (16 April 1892 – 13 August 1978) was a Hungarian actor.[1] He appeared in more than fifty films from 1921 to 1977.

He was the first President of the Hungarian Film Chamber and was outspokenly antisemitic at a time when Anti-Jewish Laws were restricting Hungarian Jews from participating in the Hungarian Film Industry. [2] At his trial in December 1945 following the Second World War he insisted he was following the will of his members.[3]

Selected filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1936 Cafe Moscow Baklusin szárnysegéd
1940 Landslide Böbek Samu
Sarajevo Sztepán Petrov
1941 The Talking Robe Mihály Lestyák
1959 A Game with Love Jupiter
1963 Drama of the Lark Bankigazgató

References

  1. ^ "Magyar Életrajzi Lexikon 1000-1990".
  2. ^ Frey p.279
  3. ^ Frey p.302

Bibliography

  • Frey, David. Jews, Nazis and the Cinema of Hungary: The Tragedy of Success, 1929-1944. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2017.