Andor von Barsy
The Hungarian Andor VON BARSY (1899-1965) made his name with the abstract ‘urban symphony’ Hoogstraat - an absolute film (1928) and was a popular cameraman and photographer. For his filming of Dead water (1934, Gerard Rutten) he received the prize fort the best camerawork (Venice Film Festival). Von Barsy was one of the cameramen for Leni Riefenstahl’s Olympia (1936/38).
Filmography
(all short) Hoogstraat (1928), De stad die nooit rust/The City that Never Rests (1928), Het Gemeente Gasbedrijf Rotterdam/The Municipal Gas Plant Rotterdam (1928), Pfaff Naaimachine/Pfaff Sewing Machine (1930), Rotterdam (1934), Tusschen aankomst en vertrek/Between Arrival and Departure (1938)