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Arpad Viragh
1888 - 1930 |
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. The cinematographer Arpád Virágh learnt like many early cinematographers the profession of a photographer. He made first cinematical experiences for Pathé in Paris where he was working from 1910 to 1912. When he returned to Hungary he entered the film business in 1915 as a chief cinematogrpaher and to his first movies belong "Az alvajaro" (15), "Magnas Miska" (16) and "Petöfi dalciklus" (18). Because of the political problems in Hungary he fled to Germany in 1919 where he was able to continue his film career. He was the cinematographer of movies like "Die Sippschaft" (19), "Das rote Plakat" (20), "Die Fürstin Woronzoff" (20), "Der langsame Tod" (20), "Das Haus der Qualen" (21), "Das Experiment des Prof. Mithrany" (21), "Die Geierwally" (21), "Frauenopfer" (22), "Lola Montez, die Tänzerin des Königs" (22), "Zwei Menschen" (24), "Nanon" (24) and "Der Bastard" (25) engagiert. In the second half of the 20s he was responsible for the pictures of the productions "Der Geiger von Florenz" (26), "Im weissen Rössl" (26), "Als ich wiederkam" (26), "Die Sporck'schen Jäger" (27), "Königin Luise" (27), "Svengali" (27), "Bigamie" (27) and "Eine Frau von Format" (28). Finally he went to England where his last movies as a cinematographer came into being, among them "Mr. Smith Wakes Up" (29), "The Unwritten Law" (29), "Die singende Stadt" (30) and the English version of it "City of Song" (31). "The City of Song" (31) remained his only sound film. During the shooting Arpad Viragh died on Capri as a consequence of a poisoning he contracted by consuming shellfishes condemned to be unfit for consumption.
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