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Josef von Báky (23 March 1902, Zombor, Austria-Hungary – 28 July 1966, Munich, West Germany) was a Hungarian filmmaker. He was also known as Josef v. Baky and József Báky. He was born in the village of Zobor in the Kingdom of Hungary (today Zombor, Slovakia). He worked as an assistant to Géza von Bolváry.
Josef von Báky was born on 23 March 1902 in Zombor, Austria-Hungary [now Sombor, Serbia]. He was a director and assistant director, known for Das doppelte Lottchen (1950), Der Ruf (1949) and The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1943).
- January 1, 1
- Zombor, Austria-Hungary [now Sombor, Serbia]
- January 1, 1
- Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Jan 3, 2023 · Baron Karl Friedrich Hieronymus von Münchhausen was a member of the German nobility born in 1720 and, by all accounts, an inveterate raconteur. Having enlisted in the Russian army to fight the Turks, he developed an arsenal of wild yarns, many considered fanciful at best.
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen: Directed by Josef von Báky. With Hans Albers, Wilhelm Bendow, Michael Bohnen, Hans Brausewetter. This lavish, impudent, adult fairy tale takes the viewer from 18th-century Braunschweig to St. Petersburg, Constantinople, Venice, and then to the moon using ingenious special effects, stunning location shooting.
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- Comedy, Adventure, Fantasy
- Josef von Báky
- 1943-08-06
And the Heaven Above us: Directed by Josef von Báky. With Hans Albers, Paul Edwin Roth, Lotte Koch, Annemarie Hase.
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- Drama
- Josef von Báky
- 1947-12-09
Via Mala is a 1945 German drama film directed by Josef von Báky and starring Karin Hardt, Carl Wery and Viktor Staal. It is an adaptation of the 1934 novel Via Mala by John Knittel. It was released in April 1945, a month before the unconditional surrender of Germany.
Josef von Báky is known as an Director, Assistant Director, Actor, and Producer. Some of his work includes Münchhausen, The Strange Countess, Two Times Lotte, Annelie, Fuhrmann Henschel, The Girl and the Legend, The Last Illusion, and Delikatessen.
