Géza Steinhardt

Géza Steinhardt
Steinhardt Géza
Born	Géza Szekeres 1873 Levice, Austria-Hungary (now Slovakia)
Died	c. November 1944 Budapest, Hungary
Other names	Géza Goldstein
Occupation(s)	Actor, theater director, film producer, screenplay writer, author

Géza Steinhardt (né Géza Szekeres; 1873–1944), was a Hungarian stage and film actor, theater director, film producer, screenplay writer, and author.^[1][2] He was a Jewish and known for his comic roles. Steinhardt was murdered in The Holocaust during World War II.^[3]

Biography

Steinhardt house, built in 1907 by architect Gyula Fodor [hu] in Erzsébetváros, Budapest^[4]

Géza Steinhardt was born with the name Géza Szekeres on 1873 in Levice, Austria-Hungary (now Slovakia).^[2][5] Some records have his name at birth as Géza Goldstein.

He began his career in 1890 at the Folies Caprices, where he partnered with actor Sándor Rott and he remained for 18 years.^[2][6] In 1908, he opened the Trocadero amusement park (Hungarian: Trocadero mulatót) on Rákóczi Avenue, which he operated until 1917.^[2] He enlisted as a soldier in 1917, during World War I.^[2] Between September 1918 and 1927, he led the "Little Comedy Theater" (Kis Komédia) together with Rott.^[2] From 1930 until 1932, he operated the Steinhardt Stage (Hungarian: Steinhardt Színpadot).^[2] Over time he switched from German-language performances to Hungarian-language only. and created great popularity for the genre.

His authored books include: Hungarian: Steinhardt mesél, lit. 'Steinhardt Tells Stories' (1935); and Hungarian: Ötven víg esztendő, 1890–1940, lit. 'Fifty Years of Fun, 1890–1940' (1942).^[2]

During either November, or December 1944, the Arrow Cross Party, a far-right facist Hungarian ultranationalist party, marched him and his wife to the edge of the Danube River, where they were shot and pushed into the water.^[7]

Filmography

As actor

• Dódi karrierje (1915)
• Link és Flink (1927), as Léha Dezsõ, Dódi

As producer

• Prisoner Number Seven (1929)^[8]

As writer

• Dódi karrierje (1915)

See also

• Shoes on the Danube Bank

References

1. Magyar Színművészeti Lexikon [Hungarian Theater Lexicon] (PDF) (in Hungarian). 1929. p. 135. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 9, 2023.
2. "Steinhardt Géza; Szekeres" [Hungarian Theater Arts Lexicon]. Magyar színházművészeti lexikon (in Hungarian). 1994.
3. "Géza Steinhardt Géza Szekeres". Szineszkonyvtar.hu (in Hungarian). Archived from the original on July 5, 2007.
4. ""Steinhardt"-ház". muemlekem.hu (in Hungarian).
5. "Géza Steinhardt". Országos Színháztörténeti Múzeum és Intézet (National Theater History Museum and Institute) (in Hungarian).
6. Székely, György, ed. (1994). Magyar színházművészeti lexikon (in Hungarian). Budapest, Hungary: Akadémiai. ISBN 963-05-6635-4. Archived from the original on 9 September 2022.
7. Szilágyi, Sándor (July 1, 1948). A Magyar Nemzet Története, No. 123-147 (in Hungarian). Vol. 4.
8. Prawer, S.S. Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933. Berghahn Books, 2005. pg 87

External links

• Géza Steinhardt at IMDb