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Filmmaker · Hungary

Zoltán Várkonyi

Died in 1979

Zoltán Várkonyi was born in Budapest on 13 May 1912. A graduate of the Academy of Dramatic Art in 1934, he acted in theatre and cinema, then became a stage director and theatre manager; he ran the Vígszínház from 1971. He taught at the Academy of Theatre and Film, of which he became rector, and made films from the early fifties to the mid-seventies. Twice winner of the Kossuth Prize, he died in Budapest on 10 April 1979.

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