Robert Vas

Directing

Robert Vas

Known for

Directing

Credits

8 titles

Robert Vas 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 and, after a short period working for the National Coal Board, he went on to make a seminal series of films for the BBC.

Known for

Behind the camera

My Homeland poster
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Perhaps this is Robert Vas' most personal film; a portrait of his country - Hungary - as seen through the eyes of an exile. Robert Vas escaped from his homeland after the brutal crushing of the 1956 Hungarian Uprising by the Russians and he was never able to return. He portrays his country through the writings of Hungary's national poets and illustrates the film with images of the Revolution and of the society it would become in the years immediately following 1956. The film was transmitted on the 20th anniversary of the crushing of the uprising.

My Homeland

1976

My Homeland poster
NR

Perhaps this is Robert Vas' most personal film; a portrait of his country - Hungary - as seen through the eyes of an exile. Robert Vas escaped from his homeland after the brutal crushing of the 1956 Hungarian Uprising by the Russians and he was never able to return. He portrays his country through the writings of Hungary's national poets and illustrates the film with images of the Revolution and of the society it would become in the years immediately following 1956. The film was transmitted on the 20th anniversary of the crushing of the uprising.

My Homeland

1976

Refuge England poster
7.5

Short drama-documentary showing the first day in England of a Hungarian refugee.

Refuge England

1959

Refuge England poster
7.5

Short drama-documentary showing the first day in England of a Hungarian refugee.

Refuge England

1959

The Wizard Who Spat on the Floor poster
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Examines the life and work of the American inventor Thomas Alva Edison.

The Wizard Who Spat on the Floor

1972

Brecht and Co poster
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Brecht's company of actors tells the story of Bertolt Brecht: his theatre, plays, poetry and his life.

Brecht and Co

1979

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NR

Narrated by Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise, this documentary is about "Laurel and Hardy", one of the most popular and critically acclaimed comedy double acts of the early Classical Hollywood era of American cinema. It features interviews with Jerry Lewis, Dick Van Dyke, Babe London, Marcel Marceau, Lucille Hardy (Ollie's wife), Bob Monkhouse, Hal Roach, Marvin T Hatley, Jack McCabe and many more.

Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy

1974

The Vanishing Street poster
6.0

Moving record of a once-thriving East End Jewish community on the cusp of enormous change.

The Vanishing Street

1962