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Akos Farkas (cinematographer)

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Occupation
  
Cinematographer

Years active
  
1923-1954

Name
  
Akos Farkas


Born
  
9 September 1898
Austro-Hungarian Empire

Died
  
2 February 1971 United States

Akos Farkas (1898–1971) was a Hungarian-born cinematographer who worked in a number of different countries including Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, Canada and the United States. He worked on more than thirty films during his career including Frederic Zelnik's The Forester's Daughter (1931) Because of his Jewish heritage, Farkas had to leave Germany following the Nazi takeover in 1933.

Selected filmography

  • The Third Watch (1924)
  • The Bohemian Dancer (1926)
  • Five Anxious Days (1928)
  • The President (1928)
  • On the Reeperbahn at Half Past Midnight (1929)
  • Only on the Rhine (1930)
  • Marriage Strike (1930)
  • Road to Rio (1931)
  • The Forester's Daughter (1931)
  • Willem van Oranje (1934)
  • Pygmalion (1937)
  • Star of the Sea (1938)
  • All of Life in One Night (1938)
  • References

    Akos Farkas (cinematographer) Wikipedia