Biography

Hungarian film director, the son of a manufacturer and landowner. At his peak in the 30's and 40's, Bolvary's specialty were Viennese operettas and musical comedies, often featuring stars like Hilde Krahl, Ilse Werner and Willi Forst. He started out as a journalist and entered films in Budapest as an extra. Turning to directing in 1920, he moved to Germany for more lucrative work three years later, under contract to Emelka/Bavaria Film. By the mid-30's, he worked in Vienna for various production companies, including Styria-Film, Terra Film and Wienfilm. In 1954, he became head of production for the Munich-based Starfilm.

From 1936 Bolváry worked for a number of production companies in Vienna, notably for Styria-Film, Terra-Film and Wien-Film.

In 1950 he settled in Munich and four years was promoted chief of production of Starfilm.

Between 1920 and 1958, when he made his last films, he directed about 100 films and also wrote scripts from time to time.

He laid the foundations of the Viennese sound movie operetta. On the occasion it developed a co-ingenious four-some which was made of the actor Willi Forst, the composer Robert Stolz and the writer Walter Reisch beside Geza von Bolvary. With these persons he worked together time and again in the next years.