Emeric Pressburger in Paris.

Emeric Pressburger (December 5, 1902 – February 5, 1988) was a Jewish Hungarian screenwriter and producer, who emigrated to England in the 1930s. He is best known for his series of collaborations with Michael Powell. Image File history File links EmericPressburger. ... Image File history File links EmericPressburger. ... The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... December 5 is the 339th day (340th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1902 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... February 5 is the 36th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The word Jew (Hebrew: יהודי transliterated: Yehudi) is used in many ways, but generally refers to a follower of Judaism, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity; and often a combination of these attributes. ... Wikimedia Commons has media related to: England Inter. ... // Events and trends The 1930s were described as an abrupt shift to more radical lifestyles, as countries were struggling to find a solution to the global depression. ... Powell and Pressburger were a British film-making partnership of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, also known as The Archers. ... Michael Powell film-maker. ...

Born Imre József Pressburger in Miskolc, Austria-Hungary (now in Hungary), and educated at the Universities of Prague and Stuttgart, he started out as a journalist. After working in Hungary and Germany he turned to screenwriting in the late 1920s, working for UFA in Berlin. The rise of the Nazis forced him to flee to Paris, where he again worked as screenwriter, and then to London. He later said, "the worst things that happened to me were the political consequences of events beyond my control ... the best things were exactly the same." Miskolc â–¶(?) (IPA: , approximate pronunciaton: Mishkolts; in Slovak MiÅ¡kovec, in Polish Miszkolc) is a city in North-East Hungary, mainly with heavy industrial background. ... Austria-Hungary, also known as the Dual monarchy (or: the k. ... The Charles University of Prague (also simply University of Prague; Czech: Univerzita Karlova; Latin: Universitas Carolina) is the oldest and most prestigious Czech university and among the oldest universities in Europe, being founded in 1340s (for the exact year, see below). ... Stuttgart, a city located in southern Germany, is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg with a population of approximately 590,000 as of September 2005 in the city and around 3 million in the metropolitan area. ... Sometimes referred to as the Jazz Age or primarily in North America and in Australia as the Roaring Twenties . In Europe it is sometimes refered to as the Golden Twenties. ... UFA logo Universum Film AG, better known as Ufa or UFA, was the principal film studio in Germany, home of the German film industry during the Weimar Republic and through World War II, and a major force in world cinema during its brief existence from 1917 to 1945. ... This article is about the city in Germany. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Nazism. ... The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... Part of the London skyline viewed from the South Bank London is the most populous city in the European Union, with an estimated population on 1 January 2005 of 7,421,328 and a metropolitan area population of between 12 and 14 million. ...

In England he found a small community of Hungarian film-makers who had fled the Nazis, including the influential Alexander Korda, owner of London Films, who employed him as a screenwriter. There he met film director Michael Powell, and they worked together on The Spy in Black (1939). Their partnership would produce some of the finest British films of the period. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Nazism. ... Sir Alexander Korda (September 16, 1893 - January 23, 1956) was a film director and producer, a leading figure in the British film industry and the founder of London Films. ... London Films was a British film studio founded in 1932 by Alexander Korda. ... Michael Powell film-maker. ... Conrad Veidt in The Spy in Black. ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Powell and Pressburger were a British film-making partnership of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, also known as The Archers. ...

In 1938 he married Agí Donáth, but they divorced in 1941. He married again in 1947 to Wendy Orme, and they had a daughter Angela, but again divorced in 1971. Angela's two sons both became successful film-makers: Andrew Macdonald as a producer on films such as Trainspotting (1996), and Kevin Macdonald as an Oscar-winning director. Kevin has written a biography of his grandfather, and a documentary about his life, The Making of an Englishman (1995). 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Wendy Orme (born 1911) was a screenwriter and the second wife of Emeric Pressburger. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... Andrew Macdonald is a British film producer, best known for his collaborations with screenwriter John Hodge and director Danny Boyle, including Shallow Grave (1994), Trainspotting (1996) and A Life Less Ordinary (1997). ... Movie poster for Trainspotting Trainspotting is a 1996 black comedy film directed by Danny Boyle based on the novel Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh about a group of heroin addicts in Edinburgh and their passage through life. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Kevin Macdonald (October 28, 1967) is a Scottish documentary film director, best known for Touching the Void (2003). ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Pressburger was made a Fellow of BAFTA in 1981, and a Fellow of the BFI in 1983. The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), is a British organization that hosts annual awards shows for film, television, childrens film and television, and interactive media. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The British Film Institute (BFI) is a charitable organisation established by Royal Charter to encourage the development of the arts of film, television and the moving image throughout the United Kingdom, to promote their use as a record of contemporary life and manners, to promote education about film, television and... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In later years he lived near Stowmarket in Suffolk. He died of bronchial pneumonia. Stowmarket is a small market town situated in Suffolk, England, on the busy A14 trunk road between Bury St Edmunds to the West and Ipswich to the South-East. ... Suffolk (pronounced suffuk) is a large traditional and administrative county in the East Anglia region of eastern England. ...

Filmography

For his films with Michael Powell, see Powell and Pressburger and Powell and Pressburger films

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Early work

His early films were made mainly in Germany and France where he worked as Dramaturgie department at the Ufa Studio as well as a scriptwriter. Some of the films made in Germany have French titles and vice-versa. In the 1930s many European films were made in different versions for each of the main European languages UFA logo Universum Film AG, better known as Ufa or UFA, was the principal film studio in Germany, home of the German film industry during the Weimar Republic and through World War II, and a major force in world cinema during its brief existence from 1917 to 1945. ...

• 1930: Die Große Sehnsucht, Abschied
• 1931: Ronny, Das Ekel, Dann schon lieber Lebertran, Emil und die Detektive, Der Kleine Seitensprung
• 1932: Une jeune fille et un million, ...und es leuchtet die Pußta, Sehnsucht 202, Petit écart, Lumpenkavaliere, Held wider Willen, Eine von uns, La Belle aventure, Wer zahlt heute noch?, Das Schöne Abenteuer, A Vén gazember

In 1932/33, when the Nazis are elected to power, the head of Ufa decided to get rid of all Jews so Pressburger was told his contract wouldn't be renewed. He left his Berlin apartment, "leaving the key in the door so that the Storm Troopers wouldn't have to break the door down" and went to Paris. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Nazism. ... The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ...

• 1933: Une femme au volant, Incognito
• 1934: Mon coeur t'appelle, Milyon avcilari
• 1935: Monsieur Sans-Gêne, Abdul the Damned
• 1936: Sous les yeux d'occident

Late in 1935 he decided that he would do better in England. (Remember that film scripts are written some time before the film is made and released so some films that he worked on were released in France some time after he left). Wikimedia Commons has media related to: England Inter. ...

• 1936: Port-Arthur, Parisian Life, One Rainy Afternoon
• 1937: The Great Barrier
• 1938: The Challenge
• 1939: The Silent Battle

Middle period

In 1939, Pressburger was introduced to Michael Powell to work together on The Spy in Black. They had an instant rapport and went on to make 20 films together in less than 20 years, many of them world-class. Michael Powell film-maker. ... Conrad Veidt in The Spy in Black. ...

But even while he was working with Powell, Pressburger still did some projects on his own.

• 1940: Spy for a Day
• 1941: Atlantic Ferry
• 1942: Rings on Her Fingers, Breach of Promise
• 1943: Squadron Leader X
• 1946: Wanted for Murder

Later work

As Powell and Pressburger began to go their separate ways after the war they remained great friends but wanted to explore different things having done about as much as they could together.

• 1953: Twice Upon a Time - Pressburger's one attempt at directing
• 1957: Men Against Britannia, Miracle in Soho
• 1964: Behold a Pale Horse - Based on Pressburger's novel Killing a Mouse on Sunday
• 1965: Operation Crossbow

He also wrote two novels, Killing a Mouse on Sunday which was made into the film Behold a Pale Horse (1964) and The Glass Pearls.

Personal Quotes

• "I think that a film should have a good story, a clear story, and it should have if possible, something which is probably the most difficult thing - it should have a little bit of magic ... Magic being untouchable and very difficult to cast, you can't deal with it at all. You can only try to prepare some nests, hoping that a little bit of magic will slide into them." NYC 1980

References

• Kevin Macdonald, The Life and Death of a Screenwriter, Faber & Faber, 1994.

External links

• Emeric Pressburger at the Powell & Pressburger Pages.
• Emeric Pressburger at the Internet Movie Database
• BFI Filmography

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