The Cinema of István Szabó: Visions of Europe

by John Cunningham and John Cunningham

Book Overview

Istv n Szab is one of Hungary's most celebrated and best-known film directors, and the first Hungarian to have won an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, for Mephisto (1981). In a career spanning over five decades Szab has relentlessly examined the place of the individual in European history, particularly those caught up in the turbulent events of Central Europe and his own native Hungary. His protagonists struggle to find a place...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231171994
• ISBN13: 9780231171991
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: Wallflower Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher