Béla Balázs
Writing · Writer · Screenplay · Book
Born Aug 4, 1884 · Szeged, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]
Active 1922–1949 · Awards: Kossuth Prize
Béla Balázs, born Herbert Béla Bauer, was a Hungarian film critic, aesthetician, writer and poet of Jewish heritage. He was a proponent of formalist film theory.
Filmography
Bluebeard's Castle (2025) - WriterPoulenc's The Human Voice / Bartók's Bluebeard's Castle (2018) - WriterTchaikovsky: Iolanta / Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle (2015) - WriterDuke Bluebeard's Castle (1989) - OperaModré z nebe (1984) - BookDangerous Games (1980) - WriterBluebeard's Castle (1963) - StoryIt Happened in Europe (1947) - WriterThe Thief (1935) - WriterGrand Hotel (1932) - WriterThe Blue Light (1932) - Writer · Co-DirectorThe 3 Penny Opera (1931) - Screenplay · AdaptationSunday of Life (1931) - ScreenplayThe Threepenny Opera (1931) - WriterNarkose (1929) - WriterLady Juan (1928) - WriterGrand Hotel...! (1927) - ScreenplayDas Mädchen mit den fünf Nullen (1927) - ScreenplayEins + Eins = Drei (1927) - WriterMadame Wants No Children (1926) - WriterAdventures of a Ten Mark Note (1926) - WriterModerne Ehen (1924) - Short StorySodom and Gomorrah (1922) - extraDer Unbekannte aus Rußland (1922) - Writer