Can Togay
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Budapest
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, August 27, 1955 – ) is a Hungarian film director
Film director
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, screenwriter
Screenwriting
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, actor
Actor
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, poet
Poet
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, producer, cultural manager and cultural diplomate.
Biography
Can Togay was born the son of TurkishTurkey
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parents. He spent his childhood in Germany
Germany
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. In 1969, he joined the Péter Halász
Péter Halász
Péter Halász was a Hungarian actor and director. In 1993 he won the Hungarian Film Critics award for Best Actor. As an actor he appeared in The Breed among others. In February, 2006 his terminal liver cancer led to his final performance, which involved lying in an open coffin in a Budapest art...
troupe. Between 1973 and 1978, he studied on the German and English faculty of Eötvös Loránd University, followed by two years of post-graduate work on German-French comparative linguistics under Jean Marie Zemb of the Sorbonne Nouvelle in Paris. He finished in 1980. In 1984, he graduated from the faculty of direction of the Színház- és Filmművészeti Főiskola (College of Theatrical and Video Arts) in Budapest as the student of Zoltán Fábri
Zoltán Fábri
Zoltán Fábri was a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. His films The Boys of Paul Street and Hungarians were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film....
. In 1991 he moved to Finland
Finland
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for four years.
His 1992 film A nyaraló
The Summer Guest
The Summer Guest is a 1992 Hungarian drama film directed by Can Togay. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Géza Balkay - A nyaraló* Mari Törőcsik - A nyaraló anyja* Marta Klubowicz - Fiatal nő...
was screened in the Un Certain Regard
Un Certain Regard
Un Certain Regard is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's Official Selection. It is run at the Salle Debussy, parallel to the competition for the Palme d'Or.This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob...
section at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival
1992 Cannes Film Festival
- Jury :*Gérard Depardieu *John Boorman *Carlo Di Palma *Jamie Lee Curtis *Joële Van Effenterre *Lester James Peries *Nana Djordjadze *Pedro Almodóvar *René Cleitman...
.
He has played important roles in several films alongside well known actors such as Isabelle Huppert
Isabelle Huppert
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, Hanna Schygulla
Hanna Schygulla
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, Zuhal Olcay
Zuhal Olcay
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, Tom Berenger
Tom Berenger
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and others.
In 1978, he had poems published in the Mozgó Világ (Moving World). In 2004, his first collection of poems was released by the publisher Aranykor Kiadó (Golden Age Publisher). He conceived the idea of the Holocaust Memorial Cipők a Duna-parton (Shoes on the Danube Promenade
Shoes on the Danube Promenade
The Shoes on the Danube Promenade is a memorial created by Gyula Pauer and Can Togay on the bank of the Danube River in Budapest. It honors the Jews who fell victim to fascist Arrow Cross militiamen in Budapest during World War II, and represents their shoes left behind on the bank when they fell...
) in Budapest, and was also a co-maker of it with Gyula Pauer.
Since January 1, 2008, he is the head of the Collegium Hungaricum Berlin, the Hungarian Institute for Science and Culture in the German capital and the cultural attaché
Cultural attaché
A cultural attaché is a diplomat with special responsibility for promoting the culture of his or her homeland. The position has been used as an official cover for intelligence agents. Historically, the post has often been filled by writers and artists, giving them a steady income, allowing them to...
of the Hungarian Embassy.
He is married, and father of three children.
Works
| Year | Original title | English title | Genre |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Grand Hotel a Szakadékhoz | Grand Hotel to the Abyss | Short, documentary |
| 1982 | Tangó - a változások kora | Tango - The Age of Changes | Short feature film |
| 1983 | Ember az égből | A Man from the Sky | Short feature film |
| 1984 | Az ördög napja | The Day of the Devil | 40 minutes, short feature film |
| 1985 | Volga | Volga | Documentary with Gábor Ferenczi |
| 1991 | A nyaraló | The Summer Guest The Summer Guest The Summer Guest is a 1992 Hungarian drama film directed by Can Togay. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Géza Balkay - A nyaraló* Mari Törőcsik - A nyaraló anyja* Marta Klubowicz - Fiatal nő... |
Feature film |
| 1999 | Egy tél az Isten háta mögött | A Winter in The Back of Beyond | Long feature film |
| Year | Original title | English title | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | A sziget | The Island | Finnish short |
| 1996 | Napfogyatkozás 2000 | Solar Eclipse 2000 | Feature film |
| 1997 | Glamour | Glamour | Feature film |
| 2000 | A Hídember | The Bridgeman | Feature film with Géza Bereményi |
| 2003 | Szerelemtől sújtva | Stricken by Love | Feature film with Tamás Sas |
| 2004 | Történetek az Elveszett Birodalomból | Stories from the Lost Empire | Tv, based on Árpád Ajtony's writings with Frigyes Gödrös |
| 2007 | A barátkozás lehetőségei | The Possibilities of Making Friends | TV, based on Ádám Bodor Ádám Bodor Ádám Bodor is an award-winning Hungarian author of Transylvanian Hungarian origin.- Life and writing :... 's friends with Gábor Ferenczi |
| Original title | Title in English | Genre | Role | Directed by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Petőfi '73 Petőfi '73 Petőfi '73 is a 1973 Hungarian drama film directed by Ferenc Kardos. It was entered into the 1973 Cannes Film Festival.- Cast :* Mihály Kovács - Petõfi Sándor* Nóra Kovács - Szendrey júlia* Can Togay - Kossuth Lajos* Tibor Csizmadia - Vasvári Pál... (Hungarian) |
Petőfi '73 | Feature film | Protagonist | Ferenc Kardos |
| Mozart és Salieri (Hungarian) | Mozart and Salieri | Feature film | Title character | András Surányi |
| Le dernier métro (French) | The Last Metro | Feature film | Episode actor | François Truffaut François Truffaut François Roland Truffaut was an influential film critic and filmmaker and one of the founders of the French New Wave. In a film career lasting over a quarter of a century, he remains an icon of the French film industry. He was also a screenwriter, producer, and actor working on over twenty-five... |
| Redl ezredes (Hungarian) | Colonel Redl | Feature film | Episode actor | István Szabó István Szabó István Szabó is a Hungarian film director, screenwriter, and opera director.Szabó is the most internationally famous Hungarian filmmaker since the late 1960s. Working in the tradition of European, auteurist art cinema, he has made films that represent many of the psychological and political... |
| Erőltetett menet (American-Hungarian) | Forced March | Feature film | Episode actor | Nick Rice |
| Eszterkönyv (Hungarian) | Eszter-book | Feature film | Episode actor | Krisztina Deák |
| Malina Malina (film) Malina is a 1991 German-Austrian drama film directed by Werner Schroeter. It was entered into the 1991 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Isabelle Huppert - The Woman* Mathieu Carrière - Malina* Can Togay - Ivan* Fritz Schediwy - Father... (Ger.-Aus.-Fr.) |
Malina | Feature film | Protagonist | Werner Schröter |
| Zsötem (Hungarian) | Zsötem | Feature film | Episode actor | András Salamon |
| Blue Exile (Ger.-Tur.-Greek) | Blue Exile | Feature film | Protagonist | Kiral Erden |
| Bir Sonbahar Hikayesi (Turkish) | An Autumn Story | Feature film | Progatonist | Yavuz Özkan Yavuz Özkan Yavuz Özkan is a Turkish professional footballer who currently plays as a goalkeeper for Bursaspor in the Süper Lig.-Life and career:... |
| Franciska vasárnapjai (Hungarian) | The Sundays of Franciska | Feature film | Episode actor | Sándor Simó Sándor Simó Sándor Simó was a Hungarian film producer, director and screenwriter. He produced 25 films and directed a further seven. His 1977 film My Father's Happy Years was entered into the 28th Berlin International Film Festival.-Selected filmography:* My Father's Happy Years * Whoops -External links:... |
| Fosforlu Cevriye (Turkish) | Fosforlu Cevriye | TV film | Protagonist | Mustafa Altioklar Mustafa Altioklar Mustafa Altıoklar is a Turkish film director, producer and screenwriter.He was born in Ankara, Turkey in 1958. His childhood house overlooked a projection room, owned by the Board of Censors, where the members of the board were cutting the films... |
| A Hídember (Hungarian) | The Bridgeman | Feature film | Episode actor | Géza Bereményi |
| Sniper 2 Sniper 2 Sniper 2 is an American film shot in Hungary in November 2002 and released in early 2003. It stars Tom Berenger, Bokeem Woodbine, Erika Marozsán and Tamás Puskás, and was directed by Craig R. Baxley.... (American) |
Sniper 2 | Feature film | Episode actor | Craig R. Baxley Craig R. Baxley Craig Redding Baxley is an American actor, director and stunt performer. He is best known for his work in the action and thriller genres.... |
| Rózsadomb (Ger.-Hun) | Rosemound | Feature film | Episode actor | Mari Cantu |
Awards
- Balázs Béla-award
- München, High School Film Festival, Award for Best High School Program, Special Mention – The Day of the Devil
- Manuscrit de Vercorin screenplay award 95 – A Winter in The Back of Beyond
- Budapesti Filmszemle 1999, Award for Best Actor (Eperjes Károly) – A Winter in The Back of Beyond
- Szocsi 00 international competition – Surcharge of the Jury – A Winter in The Back of Beyond
- Alexandria Filmfesztivál 1994, Best Male Actor – An Autumn Story
- Movie Actor of the Year – Award of the Turkish Movie Actors' Association – An Autumn Story
External links
- Can Togay at Internet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie Database is an online database of information related to movies, television shows, actors, production crew personnel, video games and fictional characters featured in visual entertainment media. It is one of the most popular online entertainment destinations, with over 100 million...