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Paul Fejos is a Director, Scriptwriter and Editor Hongrois born on 24 january 1897 at Budapest (Hongrie)

Paul Fejos

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Birth name Pál Fejős
Nationality Hongrie
Birth 24 january 1897 at Budapest (Hongrie)
Death 23 april 1963 (at 66 years) at New York City (USA)

Paul Fejos (January 27, 1897 – April 23, 1963) was a Hungarian-born director of feature films and documentaries who worked in a number of countries including the United States. He also studied medicine in his youth and became a prominent anthropologist later in life.

Biography

Après des études de médecine, Paul Fejos s'occupe de théâtre et réalise plusieurs films en Hongrie. En 1923, insatisfait de son travail, il quitte la Hongrie, travaille peut-être à Vienne avec Max Reinhardt, à Berlin avec Fritz Lang, puis, arrive aux États-Unis. Il travaille un temps au Rockfeller Institute, puis revient au cinéma en 1927, et en 1928 réalise son chef-d'œuvre, Solitude, qui connaît un succès international. En 1930, il repart en Europe et rencontre à nouveau le succès, en 1932, en Hongrie, avec Marie, légende hongroise. Sa carrière se partage alors entre la France, l'Autriche et la Hongrie. En 1935, lassé des films tournés en studio, il se lance dans le documentaire et tourne à Madagascar, en Indonésie, en Thaïlande, au Pérou. Il abandonne définitivement le cinéma en 1941 pour devenir uniquement anthropologue et travaille comme directeur de recherche à la « Wenner-Gren Anthropological Foundation ».

Il a un temps été marié avec la journaliste danoise Inga Arvad.

« Paul Fejos était un humaniste et un moraliste profondément soucieux de progrès humain. Il croyait en l'unité des arts et des sciences comme moyen essentiel de progrès culturel et social » - David Bidney, The American Anthropologist, février 1964.

Usually with

Hal Mohr
Hal Mohr
(3 films)
Annabella
Annabella
(2 films)
Aage Foss
Aage Foss
(2 films)
Carl Laemmle
Carl Laemmle
(3 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Paul Fejos (19 films)

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The Last Moment
Directed by Paul Fejos, Yuthlert Sippapak
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Lucille La Verne, Georgia Hale, Otto Matieson, Isabelle LaMal
Rating63% 3.182663.182663.182663.182663.18266
A man drowns himself in lake. As he is dying, he recalls the crucial moments of his life and the incidents that led to his final, fatal decision. His unhappy childhood, his tumultuous decision to leave home and stow away on an ocean freighter, his unsuccessful attempts to become an actor, and his two tumultuous attempts at married life are relived. The film ends with the man walking towards the lake and wading deeper and deeper into its waters until he is no longer visible from the shore.
Gardez le sourire, 1h11
Directed by Paul Fejos, René Sti
Origin France
Genres Drama
Actors Annabella, Gustav Fröhlich, Robert Ozanne, Marcel Vibert, Camille Bert
Rating66% 3.333983.333983.333983.333983.33398
À Vienne, Jean se retrouve au chômage et expulsé de son logement. Désespéré et sur le point de se suicider par noyade, il se jette finalement à l'eau pour sauver Marie, une jeune femme ayant la même intention que lui. Tombés amoureux, les deux jeunes gens décident d'affronter ensemble les difficultés et vont d'un petit boulot à l'autre...
Ghosts
Ghosts (1932)
, 1h31
Directed by Yves Allégret, Paul Fejos
Origin France
Genres Thriller, Crime
Actors Thomy Bourdelle, George Rigaud, Jean Galland, Maurice Schutz, Tania Fédor, Gaston Modot
Rating57% 2.863152.863152.863152.863152.86315
Dans son château, la marquise de Langrune est morte étranglée par Fantômas, désireux de dérober un portefeuille garni d'un million de francs. L'inspecteur Juve tente de démasquer le mystérieux tueur.
Spring Shower, 1h18
Directed by Paul Fejos
Origin France
Genres Drama
Actors Annabella, Ilona Dajbukát, Steven Geray
Rating66% 3.3387753.3387753.3387753.3387753.338775
American Love, 1h36
Directed by Paul Fejos, Claude Heymann
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Andrée Spinelly, André Luguet, Suzet Maïs, Pauline Carton, Julien Carette, Anthony Gildès
Rating51% 2.592882.592882.592882.592882.59288
Maud Jennings, une jeune Américaine qui voyage en France, a un coup de cœur pour Gilbert Latour qu'elle essaie à tout prix de séduire. Mais Gilbert Latour est marié et amoureux de sa femme...
Men Behind Bars, 1h49
Directed by Paul Fejos
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Prison films
Actors Heinrich George, Gustav Diessl, Egon von Jordan, Dita Parlo, Karl Etlinger, Herman Bing
Rating66% 3.3152953.3152953.3152953.3152953.315295
Kent reconnu coupable d'homicide involontaire commis sous l'alcool et qui clame son innocence est dans une prison surpeuplée où l'on ne traite pas correctement les détenus. Il y rencontre de vieux briscards comme Morgan et l'intraitable Butch, son compagnon de cellule. Mais le système est punitif, il divise et amène au pire : il y a une tentative planifiée de longue date pour briser les prisonniers qui ne peut se produire sans qu'il y ait de victimes.
King of Jazz, 1h45
Directed by Paul Fejos
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Animation
Themes Films about music and musicians, Jazz films, Musical films
Actors John Boles, Laura La Plante, Jeanette Loff, Bing Crosby, Glenn Tryon, William T. Kent
Rating66% 3.342573.342573.342573.342573.34257
Évocation à travers des séquences musicales magiques de l'importance du jazz dans la musique américaine des années 30. Entre spectacle de music-hall, animation et comédie musicale classique.
Broadway
Broadway (1929)
, 1h44
Directed by Paul Fejos
Origin USA
Genres Musical, Crime
Themes Films about music and musicians, Théâtre, Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors Glenn Tryon, Evelyn Brent, Merna Kennedy, Robert Ellis, Thomas E. Jackson, Otis Harlan
Rating61% 3.092593.092593.092593.092593.09259
Roy Lane and Billie Moore, entertainers at the Paradise Nightclub, are in love and are rehearsing an act together. Late to work one evening, Billie is saved from dismissal by Nick Verdis, the club proprietor, through the intervention of Steve Crandall, a bootlegger, who desires a liaison with the girl. "Scar" Edwards, robbed of a truckload of contraband liquor by Steve's gang, arrives at the club for a showdown with Steve and is shot in the back. Steve gives Billie a bracelet to forget that she has seen him helping a "drunk" from the club. Though Roy is arrested by Dan McCorn, he is later released on Billie's testimony. Nick is murdered by Steve. Billie witnesses the killing, but keeps quiet about the dirty business until she finds out Steve's next target is Roy. Billie is determined to tell her story to the police before Roy winds up dead, but Steve isn't about to let that happen and kidnaps her. Steve, in his car, is fired at from a taxi, and overheard by Pearl, he confesses to killing Edwards. Pearl confronts Steve in Nick's office and kills him; and McCorn, finding Steve's body, insists that he committed suicide, exonerating Pearl and leaving Roy and Billie to the success of their act.
The Last Performance, 1h9
Directed by Paul Fejos
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Horror, Romance
Actors Conrad Veidt, Mary Philbin, Leslie Fenton, Anders Randolf, Sam De Grasse, Walter Brennan
Rating66% 3.338173.338173.338173.338173.33817
In the film, Conrad Veidt stars as Erik the Great, a sinister stage Magician who falls in love with a woman half his age, Julie, played by Mary Philbin. A young thief, Mark Royce (played by Fred MacKaye) is caught stealing from Erik's apartment and is taken in at Julie's suggestion. Secretly she falls in love with the new apprentice. However, Erik's other apprentice, Buffo (played by Leslie Fenton) becomes aware of Julie's love for Mark, and driven by jealousy tells his master. Buffo is later found killed, and Mark is the prime suspect.