Identity Statement

Reference Code

HU OSA 356-1

Title

Film Documentation

Date(s)

1965 - 1995

Description Level

Subfonds

Extent and medium (processed)

27 Archival boxes, 3.38 linear meters
2 Archival card box, 0.63 linear meters

Content and Structure

Scope and Content (Abstract)

The collection includes paper and photo documentation of Pál Schiffer's activities as a film director from his early works through non-fiction television works; sociological classics; and historical documentary films. Titles include “Cséplő Gyuri” (Gyuri Cseplo), “Black Train” (Fekete vonat), “Probationer” (A pártfogolt), “By the Danube” (A Dunánál), “Fractions” (Törésvonalak). Research materials to his sociological films, oral history interviews, scripts, dialogue lists, field work essays, viewers reviews, film festival catalogues with his film synopses in them, and other non-textual documents of the filmmaker, mainly photographs relating to his films and promotional photos form part of the sub-fonds, too.

Accruals

Not Expected

Conditions of Access and Use

Conditions governing access

Open to the public

Languages

Hungarian

Description Control

Archivist's note

Processed by Zsuzsa Zádori, April, 2008.