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Emil Justitz


1878 - 1932

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The director Eugen lllés was born as Jenö Illés in Budapest. After a comprehensive education in the fields of mathematics, anstronomy, music and philosophy he began his professional career as an engineer. Beside it he began to write first works as an author.

He joined the film business in 1912, first as a cinematographer and one year later as a director and screenwriter.
As a cinematographer he was especially active in the 10s and he shot the movies "Der Gott der Rache" (12), "Jugendstürme" (12), "Verworrene Wege" (17), "Monna Vanna" (17), "Alraune, die Henkerstochter, genannt die rote Hanne" (18), "Ringende Seelen" (18), "Wenn Columbine winkt" (19) and "Ich klage an" (19).

From 1913 he realised his first movies as a director, among them "Irrwege" (13), "Die Sphinx" (13), "Die Jagd nach einem Mann" (13), "Die Dame mit der Maske" (13), "Die Stunde der Vergeltung" (14), "Das Millionen-Halsband" (14), "Monna Vanna" (16), "Sein letzter Bericht" (17), "Ikarus" (18), "Mania" (18), "Fata Morgana" (18), "Alraune, die Henkerstochter, genannt die rote Hanne" (18), "Geflüster des Teufels" (19) and "Die Welt ohne Liebe" (19).
Many of these movies were adventure and action movies which were very popular at that time.

During the 10s Eugen Illés was also active in his home country Hungary as a movie director. There he realised the productions "Romlott emberek közt" (15), "Szulamit" (16), "Janos vitez" (16) and "A grofnö betöröi" (16).

His last cinematical works came in the 20s into being. As a director he shot the movies "Von Stufe zu Stufe bis in den Tod" (20), "Seelen im Sturm" (20), "Moral" (20), "Der Eisenbahnkönig" (21), "Jeremias" (22), "Die Todgeweihten" (24) and "Das gefährliche Alter" (27).

 
Other movies from Emil Justitz (Director):
Die keusche Susanne (11) Die Heldin der Schwarzen Berge (12) Europäisches Sklavenleben (12) Die Richterin von Solvigsholm (16) Der Letzte eines alten Geschlechtes (16) Das Opfer einer Ärztin (16) Prof. Satanell (17) Halalitélet (17) Der Märtyrer seines Herzens (18) Beethoven (18) Bist du's, lachendes Glück? (18) Das Lied der Colombine (18) Johannistraum (19) Der falsche Schein (19) Der Verrat der Gräfin Leonie (19) Maria Pavlowna (19) Az összeesküvök (19) A müveszet diadalutja (19) Das rote Plakat (19) Der Falschspieler (20) Taschendiebe (21) Krawattenmacher – Der Wucherer von Berlin (22) Dämon Zirkus (23) Der gestohlene Professor (24) 

Darsteller:
Das Kasinolied (07) Auf ins Metropol (07)

Drehbuch:
Europäisches Sklavenleben (12) Beethoven/Der Märtyrer seines Herzens (18) Krawattenmacher - Der Wucherer von Berlin (22)


 
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