Stefan Lhotka Explained

Stefan Lhotka
Birth Date:	16 May 1884
Birth Place:	Budapest, Austro-Hungarian Empire
Death Date:	21 February 1938 (aged 53)
Death Place:	Budapest, Hungary
Othername:	István Szirontai Lhotka
Occupation:	Art director
Yearsactive:	1916–1938 (film)

István Szirontai Lhotka (1884–1938) was a Hungarian art director known for his film set designs in Germany and his native Hungary.^{[1] [2]} He is frequently known as Stefan Lhotka, the name by which he was credited on his German films.

Selected filmography

• The Maharaja's Favourite Wife (1921)
• The Golden Plague (1921)
• The Inheritance of Tordis (1921)
• Ilona (1921)
• Certificates of Death (1923)
• Nanon (1924)
• Orient (1924)
• The Doll Queen (1925)
• Superfluous People (1926)
• The Prisoners of Shanghai (1927)
• The Ghost Train (1933)
• The Wise Mother (1935)
• The Students of Igloi (1935)
• Kind Stepmother (1935)
• Cobweb (1936)
• Viki (1937)
• The Mysterious Stranger (1937)
• There Are Exceptions (1937)

Bibliography

• Rentschler, Eric. The Films of G.W. Pabst: An Extraterritorial Cinema. Rutgers University Press, 1990.
• Rhodes, Gary Don. Lugosi: His Life in Films, on Stage, and in the Hearts of Horror Lovers. McFarland, 2015.
• Rîpeanu, Bujor. (ed.) International Directory of Cinematographers, Set- and Costume Designers in Film: Hungary (from the beginnings to 1988). Saur, 1981.

Notes and References

1. Rhodes p.70
2. Rentschler p.273