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Alfrd Desy was a Hungarian film director, screenwriter and actor. He directed 77 films between 1915 and 1947. Desy also appeared as an actor infilms between 1913 and 1960.

Desy was born Alfrd Kmpf in Ds, AustriaHungary his stage name means from Ds, much as Lugosi means from Lugos. At the turn of the twentieth century, Desy was making his name as a prominent actor on the Hungarian stage. Desy became interested in the potential of motion pictures early, and in 1911 became comanager of the Apollo movie theater in Debrecen. The following year, Desy began submitting scenarios to fledgling Hungarian film concerns, and in 1913 he made his debut as screen actor. His directorial career began with Csak semmi botrnyt! , produced by Starfilm, a Hungarian film company over which Desy ultimately took control and operated until 1919, when the Hungarian film industry was nationalized during the shortlived communist revolution that began that year.

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