Péter Bacsó

Biography

Péter Bacsó (6 January 1928 – 11 March 2009) was a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. After high school graduation Bacsó wanted to become an actor and later a theatre director, but ultimately decided to try filmmaking. His first job in a film was as an assistant in Géza Radványi's Valahol Európában (Somewhere in Europe) at the age of 19. He continued as a script editor and screenwriter. He graduated at the Hungarian School of Theatrical- and Film Arts in 1950. At the time he was already a familiar face in studios. He was a successful screenwriter during the 1950s before beginning to direct films a decade later. He made his first feature film, Nyáron egyszerű in 1963. He made his most famous film, A tanú (The Witness) in 1969, but it was banned at the time and wasn't released until 1979. The film became a cult classic in Hungary; it is a political satire about the early-1950s Communist regime. Bacsó later continued to make mostly political and satirical films, for a wider audience. He made various genre films, trying his hand in musicals, comedies, etc. He continued filmmaking up to his later years, however his last two films were generally dismissed by critics and the pub…

Directed

1. The Witness (1979) — Director
2. Oh, Bloody Life (1984) — Director
3. Witness Again (1995) — Director
4. Bald Head for Bald Head (1972) — Director
5. Virtually a Virgin (2008) — Director
6. Banana Skin Waltz (1987) — Director
7. The Day before Yesterday (1982) — Director
8. Stalin's Bride (1991) — Director
9. Cyclists in Love (1965) — Director
10. A Pianino in Mid-Air (1976) — Director
11. The Insult (1983) — Director
12. Titania, Titania, or the Night of the Stand-Ins (1988) — Director
13. The Fatal Shot (1968) — Director
14. Dashing Girls (1974) — Director
15. Summer on the Hill (1967) — Director
16. Outbreak (1970) — Director
17. Why not Speak of Love? (1979) — Director
18. No Problems in Summer (1964) — Director
19. The Man Who Went Up in Smoke (1980) — Director
20. What's the Time, Mr. Clock? (1985) — Director
21. Present Indicative (1971) — Director
22. The Last Chance (1973) — Director
23. Don't Pull My Beard! (1975) — Director
24. Electric Schock (1979) — Director
25. Smouldering Cigarette (2001) — Director
26. Gulls and Gangsters (1997) — Director
27. Alarm Shot (1977) — Director
28. De kik azok a Lumnitzer nővérek? (2006) — Director
29. A nem várt vendég (1978) — Director
30. Do widzenia wczoraj. Dwie krótkie komedie o zmianie systemu (1993) — Director