Hundreds of Hungarians of Hungarian origin formed in Hollywood

“I spent my last foreign service in Los Angeles where I was a Consul General with a lot of travel and experience” -recalled the former diplomat with Imre Lutter, which will be broadcast on the ATV on Saturday at 11.40, and the full conversation will be available later on Imre Lutter’s YouTube channel.

“I was constantly attending film events and It turned out how many Hungarian -born films were involved in the flourishing of Hollywood. This later gave the impetus to establish the Hungarian Hollywood Council. So far, we have processed the history of nearly three hundred people and have not yet been done. Among the biggest film studios, Paramount Pictures was one of the founders of Adolph Zukor, who managed the business until the age of 103 and was born in 1873 in Ricsé, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County. In the 20st Century Fox, he covered the Fox Fuchs Vilmost, and was 50 kilometers from Ries, also in Borsod in Tolcsva in 1879. ”

One of the biggest experiences of Balázs Bokor’s « cinematic » career is linked to Mátészalka

« The legendary actor of Hungarian origin, Tony Curtis, visited Mátészalka several times where his father was born. The daughter of Tony Curtis, Oscar-winning Jamie Lee Curtist We took it here in 2022, when he was shooting in Budapest and it was a great experience to experience as he relate to his past. He saw where the grandfather’s house stood, and in the synagogue he found the family’s original name, Schwartz. It was touching to hear as well as A lady born in America, who became a world star, sang a Hungarian -language poem she learned from grandparents in Mátészalka” Balázs Bokor revived what happened.