Judit Elek

Judit Elek was born in Budapest on 10 November 1937. As a child, she survived the persecution of the Jews, first in a protected house on Pozsonyi Street, then in the Budapest ghetto, from November 1944 to January 1945. A student of Félix Máriássy at the Academy of Theatre and Film from 1956 to 1961, she was among the founders of the Béla Balázs Studio and began with documentary. From the eighties onwards, she made historical films, then works on Jewish memory. She died in Budapest on 1 October 2025.

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• CinemaThe Lady from ConstantinopleSziget a szárazföldönJudit Elek · 1969Cinema