About

Known credits:
73
Birthday:
1928-01-06
Place of birth:
Košice, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia)
Website:
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Péter Bacsó

Overview

Péter Bacsó (6 January 1928 – 11 March 2009) was a Hungarian film director and screenwriter.

After high school graduation Bacsó wanted to become an actor and later a theatre director, but ultimately decided to try filmmaking. His first job in a film was as an assistant in Géza Radványi's Valahol Európában (Somewhere in Europe) at the age of 19. He continued as a script editor and screenwriter. He graduated at the Hungarian School of Theatrical- and Film Arts in 1950. At the time he was already a familiar face in studios.

He was a successful screenwriter during the 1950s before beginning to direct films a decade later. He made his first feature film, Nyáron egyszerű in 1963. He made his most famous film, A tanú (The Witness) in 1969, but it was banned at the time and wasn't released until 1979. The film became a cult classic in Hungary; it is a political satire about the early-1950s Communist regime.

Bacsó later continued to make mostly political and satirical films, for a wider audience. He made various genre films, trying his hand in musicals, comedies, etc. He continued filmmaking up to his later years, however his last two films were generally dismissed by critics and the public alike as badly written and low quality works. His 2001 film Hamvadó cigarettavég (Smouldering Cigarette) was a biopic of Hungarian actress and singer Katalin Karády. His 2008 film Virtually a Virgin was entered into the 30th Moscow International Film Festival.

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Known for

Directing
2008 Virtually a Virgin Directing Director 59
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2006 De kik azok a Lumnitzer nővérek? Directing Director 59
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2001 Smouldering Cigarette Directing Director N/A
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1997 Gulls and Gangsters Directing Director N/A
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1995 Witness Again Directing Director 58
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1993 Do widzenia wczoraj. Dwie krótkie komedie o zmianie systemu Directing Director N/A
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1991 Stalin's Bride Directing Director 59
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1988 Titania, Titania, or the Night of the Stand-Ins Directing Director 59
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1987 Banana Skin Waltz Directing Director 59
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1985 What's the Time, Mr. Clock? Directing Director N/A
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1984 Oh, Bloody Life Directing Director 59
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1983 The Insult Directing Director 59
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1982 The Day before Yesterday Directing Director N/A
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1980 The Man Who Went Up in Smoke Directing Director N/A
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1979 Electric Schock Directing Director N/A
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1979 Why not Speak of Love? Directing Director N/A
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1979 The Witness Directing Director 61
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1978 A nem várt vendég Directing Director 59
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1977 Alarm Shot Directing Director N/A
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1976 A Pianino in Mid-Air Directing Director 59
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1975 Don't Pull My Beard! Directing Director N/A
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1974 Dashing Girls Directing Director N/A
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1973 The Last Chance Directing Director N/A
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1972 Bald Head for Bald Head Directing Director 59
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1971 Present Indicative Directing Director N/A
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1970 Outbreak Directing Director N/A
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1968 The Fatal Shot Directing Director N/A
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1967 Nyár a hegyen Directing Director N/A
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1965 Cyclists in Love Directing Director 59
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1964 No Problems in Summer Directing Director N/A
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Writing
2008 Virtually a Virgin Writing Writer 59
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2006 De kik azok a Lumnitzer nővérek? Writing Screenplay 59
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2001 Smouldering Cigarette Writing Screenplay N/A
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1997 Gulls and Gangsters Writing Writer N/A
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1995 Witness Again Writing Writer 58
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1991 Stalin's Bride Writing Screenplay 59
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1988 Titania, Titania, or the Night of the Stand-Ins Writing Writer 59
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1987 Banana Skin Waltz Writing Writer 59
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1984 Oh, Bloody Life Writing Writer 59
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1982 The Day before Yesterday Writing Screenplay N/A
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1979 Why not Speak of Love? Writing Screenplay N/A
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1979 Electric Schock Writing Screenplay N/A
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1979 The Witness Writing Screenplay 61
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1977 A Very Moral Night Writing Writer 58
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1976 A Pianino in Mid-Air Writing Screenplay 59
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1975 Don't Pull My Beard! Writing Screenplay N/A
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1974 Dashing Girls Writing Screenplay N/A
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1973 The Last Chance Writing Screenplay N/A
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1972 Bald Head for Bald Head Writing Screenplay 59
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1971 Present Indicative Writing Screenplay N/A
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1971 Love Writing Writer 60
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1970 Outbreak Writing Screenplay N/A
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1969 Palm Sunday Writing Script Editor N/A
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1968 The Fatal Shot Writing Writer N/A
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1967 Nyár a hegyen Writing Screenplay N/A
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1965 Cyclists in Love Writing Writer 59
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1964 No Problems in Summer Writing Screenplay N/A
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1961 Two Half-Times in Hell Writing Writer 59
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1961 Military Band Writing Screenplay 59
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1961 The Brute Writing Script Editor 59
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1960 Don't Keep Off the Grass Writing Screenplay N/A
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1960 Crime at Dawn Writing Writer N/A
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1959 Walking to Heaven Writing Screenplay 59
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1958 Sweet Anna Writing Writer 59
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1957 Tale on the 12 Points Writing Writer N/A
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1954 Keep Your Chin Up! Writing Writer 59
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1954 The Birth of Menyhért Simon Writing Writer 59
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1952 Nyugati övezet Writing Writer 59
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1951 Mrs. Déry Writing Screenplay 59
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1949 Anna Szabó Writing Writer N/A
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1947 It Happened in Europe Writing Script Editor 59
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Production
1990 Hungarian Requiem Production Producer 58
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1984 Lily in Love Production Executive Producer 59
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