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