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László Benedek is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter, Producer, Assistant Director, Editor and Cinematography Hongrois born on 5 march 1905 at Budapest (Hongrie)
László Benedek est un réalisateur américano-hongrois né le 5 mars 1905 à Budapest en Autriche-Hongrie (maintenant Hongrie) et mort le 11 mars 1992 dans le Bronx à New York.
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László Benedek
Nationality Hongrie
Birth 5 march 1905 at Budapest (Hongrie)
Death 11 march 1992 (at 87 years) at New York City (USA)
Birth 5 march 1905 at Budapest (Hongrie)
Death 11 march 1992 (at 87 years) at New York City (USA)
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Filmography of László Benedek (21 films)
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King Kong's Fist (1985)
, 1h20Directed by Heiner Stadler
Origin German
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama, Documentary
Themes Films about films
Actors Doris Dörrie, Wim Wenders, Peter Przygodda, Franz Seitz, Jr., László Benedek, Bernd Eichinger
Roles Sammler in England
Rating67%
Le festival de Berlin est l'endroit où il faut être dès lors qu'on est journaliste spécialisé du cinéma. Mais c'est un milieu dont il faut saisir les règles : accéder aux projections, être invité aux conférences de presse ou aux réceptions ... Klaus Uwe Matthies s'engage dans ce parcours du combattant.
Director
The Night Visitor (1971)
, 1h46Directed by László Benedek
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror, Crime
Actors Max von Sydow, Liv Ullmann, Trevor Howard, Per Oscarsson, Rupert Davies, Andrew Keir
Rating66%
An inmate named Salem (Max von Sydow) escapes from an insane asylum in the dead of winter. His destination is the house of his sister, Ester (Liv Ullmann), and her husband, Anton (Per Oscarsson). His quest is revenge as he sets about framing Anton because Salem feels he was set up for a horrendous axe murder two years previously. On the case is a police inspector (Trevor Howard) who must determine if Anton is really crazy for claiming he saw Salem outside of the asylum and discover if Salem was really framed.
Daring Game (1968)
, 1h40Directed by László Benedek
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Underwater action films
Actors Lloyd Bridges, Michael Ansara, Joan Blackman, Shepperd Strudwick, Irene Dailey, Brock Peters
Rating60%
Survival Devices, Inc are an organisation that employ a team of adventurers known as "the Flying Fish" who are adept in sky diving, scuba diving and martial arts. They are engaged to rescue a captured scientist imprisoned on a Caribbean island by a dictator.
Namu, the Killer Whale (1966)
, 1h29Directed by László Benedek
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Seafaring films, Transport films, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un cétacé
Actors Robert Lansing, John Anderson, Lee Meriwether, Robin Mattson, Richard Erdman, Joe Higgins
Rating57%
Le sujet est une orque mâle étudiée par un biologiste marin local.
Recourse in Grace (1960)
, 1h37Directed by László Benedek
Origin France
Genres Drama
Actors Raf Vallone, Emmanuelle Riva, Annie Girardot, Fernand Ledoux, Vittorio Caprioli, Jack Ary
Rating60%
Mario, d’origine italienne, a combattu pour la France durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale et forme à présent un couple uni avec Germaine, une femme que son premier amour a abandonnée avec Denise, leur fillette. Germaine en est restée profondément meurtrie et, depuis, déteste le mensonge (elle ignorait que son amant était marié). Lorsqu’elle découvre fortuitement que Mario a déserté durant la guerre et lui a dissimulé sa véritable identité, elle se sent à nouveau trahie et ne veut plus vivre avec lui. Mario n’aura alors de cesse d’obtenir le recours en grâce de Germaine qu’en faisant amende honorable auprès de la justice, mais son évasion durant le procès compromettra son retour à la bien-aimée qui lui accordera sa grâce en pure perte.
Moment of Danger (1960)
, 1h37Directed by László Benedek
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Transport films, Road movies, Chase films
Actors Trevor Howard, Dorothy Dandridge, Edmund Purdom, Michael Hordern, Helen Goss, John Bailey
Rating65%
Starting with a wordless jewel heist pulled-off by thief Peter Curran and locksmith John Bain, Curran then double-crosses his accomplice, dumps his lover Gianna and escapes with his ill-gotten gains. In the aftermath Gianna teams up with Bain and the two of them decide to even the score with Curran, developing feelings for each other along the way.
Affair in Havana (1957)
, 1h17Directed by László Benedek
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors John Cassavetes, Raymond Burr, Sara Shane
Rating55%
Mallabee is a millionaire sugar-cane grower in Cuba who blames his wife, Lorna, for an accident that has left him in a wheelchair.
, 1h50Directed by László Benedek
Origin German
Genres Drama, War
Themes Political films
Actors Hilde Krahl, Bernhard Wicki, Klaus Kinski, Maximilian Schell, Ewald Balser, Therese Giehse
Rating67%
Bengal Brigade (1954)
, 1h27Directed by László Benedek
Origin USA
Genres War, Adventure, Historical
Themes Political films
Actors Rock Hudson, Arlene Dahl, Ursula Thiess, Dan O'Herlihy, Torin Thatcher, Arnold Moss
Rating56%
En 1856, dans le vaste empire britannique des Indes, un brillant officier doit donner sa démission après avoir désobéi à un ordre supérieur. Il devient alors chasseur de fauves et va reprendre accessoirement du service en s'introduisant secrètement dans le palais du rajah, un conspirateur qui veut libérer son pays de la domination étrangère grâce à une formidable révolte fomentée parmi les Cipayes.
The Wild One (1953)
, 1h15Directed by László Benedek
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Transport films, Motocyclette, Road movies, Gangster films
Actors Marlon Brando, Mary Murphy, Lee Marvin, Robert Keith, Jay C. Flippen, Will Wright
Rating66%
The Black Rebels Motorcycle Club (BRMC), a gang led by Johnny Strabler, rides into Carbonville, California during a motorcycle race and causes trouble. A member of the gang, Mouse, steals the second-place trophy (the first place one being too large to hide) and presents it to Johnny. Stewards and policemen order them to leave.
Death of a Salesman (1951)
, 1h55Directed by László Benedek
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Fredric March, Mildred Dunnock, Kevin McCarthy, Cameron Mitchell, Howard Smith, Jesse White
Rating71%
Willy Loman has led a life consisting of sixty years of failure. Loman's wife supports him, but he soon begins to lose his grip on reality and slips between the past and the present, frantically trying to find where he went wrong.
Port of New York (1949)
, 1h22Directed by László Benedek
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Scott Brady, Richard Steven Rauber, K. T. Stevens, Neville Brand, Yul Brynner, Arthur Blake
Rating59%
The film tells the story of a two federal agents, one from Customs and one from Narcotics, out to stop the distribution of opium that came in on a ship in the Port of New York but was smuggled off by drug dealers. The leader of the drug dealers is the suave Vicola (Brynner).
The Kissing Bandit (1948)
, 1h40Directed by László Benedek
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance, Western
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Frank Sinatra, Kathryn Grayson, J. Carrol Naish, Mildred Natwick, Mikhail Rasumny, Billy Gilbert
Rating53%
The film is set in the early nineteenth century. Ricardo (Frank Sinatra) is the son of a robber known as the Kissing Bandit. He however is a shy, Boston-bred young man who does not know how to sit on a horse. He falls for the daughter of the Spanish Governor of California.
Song of Russia (1944)
, 1h47Directed by Gregory Ratoff, László Benedek
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Films about classical music and musicians, Musical films, Political films, Documentary films about World War II
Actors Robert Taylor, Susan Peters, Robert Benchley, John Hodiak, Felix Bressart, Michael Chekhov
Rating58%
American conductor John Meredith (Robert Taylor) and his manager, Hank Higgins (Robert Benchley), go to Russia shortly before the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union. Meredith falls in love with beautiful Soviet pianist Nadya Stepanova (Susan Peters) while they travel throughout the country on a 40-city tour. Their bliss is destroyed by the German invasion.
Temptation (1935)
Directed by Oscar Micheaux, László Benedek
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Crime
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Lorenzo Tucker
Rating55%