George Tabori
Nacimiento : 1914-05-24, Budapest, Hungary
Muerte : 2007-07-23
Writer
The young, despotic and untalented artist Adolf Hitler comes to Vienna to study art. He befriends the Jew Schlomo Herzl working on a novel with the title "Mein Kampf". Hitler is rejected by the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts. Herzl's concern for the sad young man continues, and leads him to a new career with disastrous consequences for world history.
Novel
The deportation of 4000 Jews from Budapest to Auschwitz in July 1944, as told by George Tabori, and how the narrator's mother escaped it, owing to coincidence, courage and some help from where you'd least expect it.
George Tabori
The deportation of 4000 Jews from Budapest to Auschwitz in July 1944, as told by George Tabori, and how the narrator's mother escaped it, owing to coincidence, courage and some help from where you'd least expect it.
Ziffer
The mis-adventures of three Polish-Jews on the road to Gdansk is the basis for this German comedy that was filmed in New York, Germany, and Poland. Genovefa and Moshe have been married and living in New York for 30 years. Physically the couple resembles Mr. and Mrs. Jack Sprat. The two have decided to return to Poland for a visit. They intend to have Moshe's best friend Isaac, an unlucky, depressive German, take care of their house while they are gone. Unfortunately, Isaac loses his job before they go and ends up accompanying them on a Polish freighter. When the ship dies in a German port, the threesome must go overland to Gdansk. They encounter many mishaps along the way.
Olga and Márta take possession of the old family estate after the political transition. Márta and Viktor arrive from abroad, Olga and her daughter come from Budapest in order to spend the summer there and have the house renovated.
Rabbiner
An American filmmaker travels to modern day Berlin to make a film based on a real-life incident from 1942 in which 13 Jewish prisoners from a concentration camp were promised freedom if they appeared in a German propaganda film. Unfortunately, the Germans lied. The psychological process undergone by the modern filmmaker while shooting the story provides the basis of this arty and challenging film.
A director (Hanns Zischler), his fiancee (Vera Tschechowa), a scriptwriter (Rudiger Vogler) and a student interact and discuss their emotions, at length.
Screenplay
The rise to underworld eminence of the notorious Chicago gangster Artuto Ui - who bears a striking resemblance to Adolf Hitler.
Author
An American soldier sent to Vietnam goes AWOL and returns to his hometown. His parents turn him over to military authorities. He is court-martialled and sent to the toughest military prison...
Original Story
Adaptación de una obra teatral de George Tabori que ilustra el proceso de concienciación de un decadente aristócrata cuya mansión se halla junto a un barrio de marginados.
Screenplay
Leonora, una prostituta de mediana edad, aún no ha asumido la pérdida de su hija. Un día, cree verla en el rostro de Cenci, una chica que conoce casualmente durante un trayecto en autobús por las calles de Londres. Leonora se da cuenta de que la chica, a su vez, la confunde a ella con su madre, pero acepta seguirle el juego con la intención de indagar sobre la persona que podría ser una reencarnación de su propia hija.
Screenplay
El Mayordomo conduce a Garcín a una habitación sin espejos ni ventanas; sólo tiene una puerta, tres sillones, una estatua de bronce y un abrecartas. Primero Inés y después Estelle entran en la habitación. El Mayordomo sale y cierra la puerta con llave. Todos temen ser torturados, pero acaban descubriendo que han sido llevados a ese lugar para que se torturen entre sí.
Screenplay
1956, invasión de Hungría. Unos ciudadanos intentan huir de Hungría cuando el país es invadido por las tropas soviéticas encargadas de reprimir la revuelta popular contra el gobierno comunista húngaro. El autobús en el que viajan es detenido por un oficial soviético, que se siente atraído por una mujer británica que se encuentra entre los pasajeros.
Story
A young employee of the British State Department falls in love with the daughter of a top Russian diplomat, much to the panic of their respective countries' officials, who suspect espionage. The cast includes David Knight, Odile Versois, Theodore Bikel and David Kossoff.
Screenplay
Un sacerdote escucha la confesión de un criminal. Cuando las circunstancias implican al cura, y las sospechas de la policía recaen sobre él, entonces tendrá que afrontar una espinosa situación: no puede contar lo que sabe; tiene, pues, que encubrir al culpable porque está obligado a respetar el secreto de confesión.
Adaptation
Durante la independencia de la India, un grupo de europeos quedan atrapados en medio del conflicto. Un vendedor de armas es el único capaz de encontrar la manera de sacarlos de allí con vida.
Story
El doctor Ferguson, un famoso neurocirujano, está de vacaciones con su esposa en un país de América del Sur. Raoul Farrago, el dictador que lo gobierna, los retiene para que el médico lo opere. Los enemigos de la dictadura secuestran a la esposa de Ferguson para que éste se vea obligarlo a cometer un error. Debut de Richard Brooks como director.