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Emeric Pressburger

Dec 05, 1902 - Feb 05, 1988 (85 years old) in Miskolc, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]

Emeric Pressburger (born Imre József Pressburger; 5 December 1902 – 5 February 1988) was a Hungarian British screenwriter, film director, and producer. He is best known for his series of film collaborations with Michael Powell, in an award-winning collaboration partnership known as the Archers and produced a series of films, notably 49th Parallel (1941), The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943), A Matter of Life and Death (1946, also called Stairway to Heaven), Black Narcissus (1947), The Red Shoes (1948), and The Tales of Hoffmann (1951).

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Arena
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The Red Shoes
Extra at Cannes train station (uncredited)
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Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger
Self (archive footage)
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A Pretty British Affair
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