About Gyula Zilahy
Lived 1859 – 1938 (aged 79). Gyula Zilahy was a Hungarian film director.
Gyula Zilahy (22 January 1859, Zilah – 16 May 1938, Budapest) was a Hungarian stage and film actor. He co-directed several films with Alexander Korda in 1914-1915 including Korda's first film Watchhouse in the Carpathians. Zilahy was born as Gyula Balogh in 1859 in Zilah (today Zalău, Romania) and his career began in 1876. From 1880-84 he worked in Kolozsvár (today Cluj-Napoca, Romania), then in Debrecen (1885–87), and in Szeged.
Selected filmography Actor Pax vobiscum (1920) Stars of Eger (1923) The Csardas Princess (1927) The Blue Idol (1931) Wine (1933)
Director Watchhouse in the Carpathians (1914)
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Hungarian actor (1859–1938)
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Gyula Zilahy was born on 22 January 1859 in Zalău.
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Gyula Zilahy died on 16 May 1938 in Budapest.
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Gyula Zilahy was a film director.
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Gyula Zilahy was Hungarian.
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