About Károly Escher
Lived 1890 – 1966 (aged 75). Károly Escher was a Hungarian photographer and cinematographer.
Károly Escher (21 October 1890 - 16 February 1966) was a Hungarian photographer. Escher was born in Szekszárd, in the Tolna region of Hungary. He worked as a cinematographer on news reels during the briefly lived Hungarian Soviet Republic. Later he worked for the newspaper Pesti Napló during the 1930s and 1940s. He died at age 75 in Budapest in 1966.
Filmography Mackó úr kalandjai (1920) Masamód (1920) ... Masa's Way A Szerelem mindent legyöz (1920)
Awards 1938 Venice Biennale Silver medal.
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Who was Károly Escher?
Hungarian cinematographer and photographer (1890–1966)
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Károly Escher was born on 21 October 1890 in Szekszárd.
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Károly Escher died on 16 February 1966 in Budapest.
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Károly Escher was a photographer and cinematographer.
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Károly Escher was Hungarian.
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