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Béla Balázs

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Béla Balázs

Aliases: Herbert Béla Bauer

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1884-08-04 (Szeged)
Died
1949-05-17 (Budapest (Jósefváros)) age 64
Nationality
Hungarian
Languages
Hungarian, German
Religion
Judaism
Residence History
Budapest → Vienna → Germany → Soviet Union

Career

Occupations
Film theorist, Film critic, Screenwriter, Writer, Poet
Active Years
1921-1947
Affiliations
Sonntagskreis
Influenced By
György Lukács, Arnold Hauser
Influenced
Sergei Eisenstein, Vsevolod Pudovkin

Education

Eötvös Collegium
Hungarian and German
Country: Hungary
Studied after moving to Budapest in 1902

Awards

Kossuth Prize
1949
Organization: Hungarian government
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Bluebeard's Castle

1918 Opera libretto

Libretto for Bartók's opera

HorrorLove

The Wooden Prince

1916 Ballet scenario

Ballet scenario for Kodály and Bartók

Fantasy

Der sichtbare Mensch (The Visible Man)

1924 Film theory book

Foundational work on film as language theory

Formalism

Mantel der Träume (The Cloak of Dreams)

1922 Chinese fairy tales

Collection of strange Chinese fairy tales

FantasyHorror

Theory of the Film

1949 Film theory book

Posthumously published film theory

Film aesthetics

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Formalist film theoryPoetic expression
Recurring Motifs
Visual languageDreams

Legacy

Known as Hungarian film theorist; awards named after him

In Popular Culture

  • Béla Balázs Award established

Trivia

  • Jewish Hungarian
  • Exiled in Soviet Union