Robert Vas
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Robert Vas — film director
He came to England after the Hungarian uprising in 1956. He was committed to documentary and, after a short period working for the National Coal Board, he went on to make a seminal series of films for the BBC. These include "The Golden Years of Alexander Korda" (1968) and "Heart of Britain" (1970), "The Issue Should be Avoided" (1971), "My Homeland" (1976) and a three-hour examination of the life of Stalin (1973), as well as "Nine Days in '26" (1974). He had planned to make films about the "Gulag Archipelago" and the wartime bombing of Dresden
before his untimely death on 10 April 1978.
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". Though his career was tragically cut short, Robert Vas left an enduring legacy of exemplarily honest and poetically acute films.
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
He came to England after the Hungarian uprising in 1956. He was committed to documentary and, after a short period working for the National Coal Board, he went on to make a seminal series of films for the BBC. These include "The Golden Years of Alexander Korda" (1968) and "Heart of Britain" (1970), "The Issue Should be Avoided" (1971), "My Homeland" (1976) and a three-hour examination of the life of Stalin (1973), as well as "Nine Days in '26" (1974). He had planned to make films about the "Gulag Archipelago" and the wartime bombing of Dresden
Dresden
Dresden is the capital city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany. It is situated in a valley on the River Elbe, near the Czech border. The Dresden conurbation is part of the Saxon Triangle metropolitan area....
before his untimely death on 10 April 1978.
In the BBC documentary tribute to Vas directed by Barrie Gavin
Barrie Gavin
-Early years:He studied history at the University of Cambridge from 1954 to 1957.He joined the BBC as an assistant film editor in 1961. With the opening of BBC Two in 1964 he began to direct principally programmes about music....
, Karel Reisz said of him that his aim was to "inspire thought, to remind and warn". Though his career was tragically cut short, Robert Vas left an enduring legacy of exemplarily honest and poetically acute films.