Biography
Géza von Bolváry (born Géza Gyula Mária Bolváry Zahn, German: Géza Maria von Bolváry-Zahn; 26 December 1897 – 10 August 1961) was a Hungarian actor, screenwriter, and film director, who worked principally in Germany and Austria. Géza von Bolváry was born in Budapest. He attended the Imperial Military Academy in Budapest and subsequently served in the Hungarian army (Honved Hussars). After World War I he left military service with the rank of Royal Hungarian Rittmeister. He then earned his living in the new Hungarian film industry. He began his career in about 1920 as an actor in various silent films, but soon changed to the Star-Film company, where he was first active as a director and made his debut as director and screenwriter with A Kétarcú asszony.
In 1922 the film concern Emelka in Munich hired him as a director for four years. Between 1926 and 1928 he worked for the firm Felsom Film in Berlin, after which he went to London for a year to work for British International Pictures. After returning to Berlin, he worked until 1933 with Superfilm Berlin and then until 1935 with Boston Films, also in Berlin. From 1936 Bolváry worked for a number of production companies in Vienna, notably for Styria-Film, Terra-Film and Wien-Film.
After World War II Bolváry went to Rome and up to 1949 made a number of films as director for Cinopera. During this time Bolváry was also active as director of operettas at the Volksoper in Vienna. In 1950 he settled in Munich and four years was promoted chief of production of Starfilm. Between 1920 and 1958, when he made his last films, he directed about 100 films and also wrote scripts from time to time.
Filmography
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Movies 89
Director 88
A Song Goes Round the World (1958)
Hoch klingt der Radetzkymarsch (1958)
Schwarzwälder Kirsch (1958)
Das gab's nur einmal (1958)
Zwei Herzen im Mai (1958)
Es wird alles wieder gut (1957)
Schön ist die Welt (1957)
Hoch droben auf dem Berg (1957)
Das Donkosakenlied (1956)
Was die Schwalbe sang (1956)
Schwarzwaldmelodie (1956)
Ja, ja, die Liebe in Tirol (1955)
Mein Leopold (1955)
Once I Will Return (1953)
The Daughter of the Regiment (1953)
Fritz und Friederike (1952)
Meine Frau macht Dummheiten (1952)
Schwarze Augen (1951)
Wer bist Du, den ich liebe? (1950)
Hochzeitsnacht im Paradies (1950)
Die Fledermaus (1946)
Die tolle Susanne (1945)
Schrammeln (1944)
Ein Mann mit Grundsätzen? (1943)
Der dunkle Tag (1943)
Die heimliche Gräfin (1942)
Schicksal (1942)
Dreimal Hochzeit (1941)
Rosen in Tirol (1940)
Traummusik (1940)
Ritorno (1940)
Vienna Tales (1940)
Opera Ball (1939)
Maria Ilona (1939)
Zwischen Strom und Steppe (1939)
Spiegel des Lebens (1938)
The Restless Girls (1938)
Der Unwiderstehliche (1937)
Premiere (1937)
The Charm of La Bohème (1937)
Lumpacivagabundus (1936)
Die Julika (1936)
Mädchenpensionat (1936)
Das Schloß in Flandern (1936)
Die Entführung (1936)
Love Whispers (1935)
Stradivarius (1935)
Stradivari (1935)
Winter Night's Dream (1935)
Song of Farewell (1934)
Farewell Waltz (1934)
Spring Parade (1934)
Toi que j'adore (1934)
I don't know you and I love you (1934)
Dream Castle (1933)
The Castle in the South (1933)
Romance in Budapest (1933)
Pardon, tévedtem (1933)
The Night of the Great Love (1933)
What Women Dream (1933)
A man with a heart (1932)
I Do Not Want to Know Who You Are (1932)
A Song, A Kiss, A Girl (1932)
Love's Command (1931)
The Theft of the Mona Lisa (1931)
The Merry Wives of Vienna (1931)
The Darling of Vienna (1930)
The Song Is Over (1930)
A Tango for You (1930)
Two Hearts in Waltz Time (1930)
Delikatessen (1930)
Der Erzieher meiner Tochter (1930)
Vater und Sohn (1929)
The Wrecker (1929)
The Vagabond Queen (1929)
Bright Eyes (1929)
The Gallant Hussar (1928)
Artisten - Im Zauber der Manege (1928)
Haus Nummer 17 (1928)
Die Gefangene von Shanghai (1927)
Ghost Train (1927)
Das deutsche Mutterherz (1926)
Fräulein Mama (1926)
Frauen, die nicht lieben dürfen (1925)
Mädchen, die man nicht heiratet (1924)
The Half of a Boy (1924)
Wüstenrausch (1923)
The Frozen Child (1921)
A tizennegyedik (1920)
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GenderMale
Birthday1897-12-26
Deathday1961-08-10 (63 years old)
Birth NameGéza Maria von Bolváry-Zahn
Birth PlaceBudapest, Hungary
CitizenshipsHungary
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