| Géza Steinhardt | |
| Native Name: | Steinhardt Géza |
| Native Name Lang: | hu |
| Other Names: | Géza Goldstein |
| Birth Name: | Géza Szekeres |
| Birth Date: | 1873 |
| Birth Place: | Levice, Austria-Hungary (now Slovakia) |
| Death Place: | Budapest, Hungary |
| Occupation: | Actor, theater director, film producer, screenplay writer, author |
Géza Steinhardt (né Géza Szekeres; 1873–1944), was a Hungarian stage and film actor, theater director, film producer, screenplay writer, and author.[1] [2] He was a Jewish and known for his comic roles. Steinhardt was murdered in The Holocaust during World War II.[3]
Géza Steinhardt was born with the name Géza Szekeres on 1873 in Levice, Austria-Hungary (now Slovakia).[4] Some records have his name at birth as Géza Goldstein.
He began his career in 1890 at the Folies Caprices, where he partnered with actor Sándor Rott and he remained for 18 years.[5] In 1908, he opened the Trocadero amusement park on Rákóczi Avenue, which he operated until 1917. He enlisted as a soldier in 1917, during World War I. Between September 1918 and 1927, he led the "Little Comedy Theater" (Kis Komédia) together with Rott. From 1930 until 1932, he operated the Steinhardt Stage . Over time he switched from German-language performances to Hungarian-language only. and created great popularity for the genre.
His authored books include: (1935); and (1942).
During either November, or December 1944, the Arrow Cross Party, a far-right facist Hungarian ultranationalist party, marched him and his wife to the edge of the Danube River, where they were shot and pushed into the water.[6]