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László Szabó

László Szabó

3 films · 170 frames · top-billed in 1 · 19631966

Born 24 March 1936 · Budapest, Hungary

László Szabó is a Hungarian actor, film director and screenwriter. Since 1952, he has appeared in more than 120 films. These include seven films that have been screened at the Cannes Film Festival.

He was born to Béla Szabó and Margit Gulyás.

Between 1954-1956 he was a student at the Budapest University of Technology , during which he performed in an amateur theater group. He applied to the Theater and Film Academy as an actor, but was not accepted.

How their films are shot

Measured across 170 frames from the 3 films we hold. This is the look of the work László takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 3 films we hold, 55% of their frames are day — the look of the work László takes.

Time of day

Day55%
Night33%
Interior12%

Lighting

Natural37%
High key31%
Low key19%
Chiaroscuro9%

Shot size

Medium45%
Closeup34%
Wide10%
Fullbody6%

Camera angle

Eye level91%
High angle4%
Low angle4%

Mood

Neutral80%
Tense14%

Films in the library

Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.

Often with

Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.

A reference database for filmmakers

FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 170 frames from László Szabó's 3 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.