About Akos Tolnay
Lived 1903 – 1981 (aged 78). Akos Tolnay was a Hungarian screenwriter, actor and journalist.
Ákos Tolnay (1903–1981) was a Hungarian screenwriter active mainly in Italian cinema, having previously worked in Britain. He also appeared in Roberto Rossellini's 1945 neorealist film Rome, Open City.
Selected filmography The Scandal (1934) Temptation (1934) Drake of England (1935) The Avenging Hand (1936) Ball at Savoy (1936) Second Bureau (1936) Wings Over Africa (1936) Elephant Boy (1937) Return of a Stranger (1937) Thunder in the City (1937) The Wife of General Ling (1937) The White Slave (1939) Deputy Eusèbe (1939) The Brambilla Family Go on Holiday (1941) Caravaggio, il pittore maledetto (1941) Two Hearts Among the Beasts (1943) Tehran (1946) Call of the Blood (1948) Golden Madonna (1949) Voice of Silence (1953) A Parisian in Rome (1954) The Open Door (1957) The White Warrior (1959)
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Who was Akos Tolnay?
Hungarian screenwriter, actor and journalist (1903–1981)
When was Akos Tolnay born?
Akos Tolnay was born on 18 January 1903 in Szeged.
When did Akos Tolnay die?
Akos Tolnay died on 7 February 1981 in Rome.
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Akos Tolnay was a screenwriter, actor and journalist.
What nationality was Akos Tolnay?
Akos Tolnay was Hungarian.
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