Robert Vas
Robert Vas (Vas Róbert, 3 March 1931 in Budapest – 10 April 1978) was a Hungarian film director who settled in England.
He came to England after the Hungarian uprising in 1956. He was committed to documentary, like Refuge England (1959) and, after a short period working for the
Gulag Archipelago" and the wartime bombing of Dresden before his untimely death on 10 April 1978.[1]
In the BBC documentary tribute to Vas directed by Barrie Gavin, Karel Reisz said of him that his aim was to "inspire thought, to remind and warn".
References
- ^ Gömöri György - Tisztelt Szerkesztőség! www.es.hu 2003. máj. 2. "... ahol Hochhuth ürügyén írtam erről, illetve Vas Róbert tragikus körülmények között, fiatalon meghalt, londoni magyar filmrendező (úgy emlékszem, 1975-ben készített) dokumentumfilmjét, amit annak idején a BBC sugárzott."
Bibliography
- Burgan, John “Robert Vas”, Encyclopedia of the Documentary Film, ed. Ian Aitken, Routledge, New York, 2006, pp. 958–959
- Davies, Brenda, 'Obituary', BFI News, n. 34, July 1978, p. 3.
- Barrie Gavin and Alan Rosenthal, 'Witness: In Memoriam, Robert Vas', Sight and Sound, Summer 1978 pp. 186–189
- "Robert Vas Film-Maker" on YouTube(BBC, broadcast 3/5/1978, Barrie Gavin)
- Screenonline: Vas, Robert (1931-1978) BFI online guide to Britain's film & TV history
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