About György Szomjas
Lived 1940 – 2021 (aged 80). György Szomjas was a Hungarian film director and screenwriter.
György Szomjas (26 November 1940 – 7 April 2021) was a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. He directed more than 20 films from 1965 to 2021. His 1983 film Tight Quarters was entered into the 34th Berlin International Film Festival. Szomjas is the father of the Hungarian Ostern, the Goulash Western: in 1970s he directed two osterns about the Hungarian rascals the Wrong Doers and The Wind Blows Under Your Feet.
Selected filmography Tight Quarters (1983)
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Hungarian film director and screenwriter (1940-2021)
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György Szomjas was born on 26 November 1940 in Budapest.
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György Szomjas died on 7 April 2021 in Budapest.
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György Szomjas was a film director and screenwriter.
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