Gábor Vaszary

Gábor Vaszary or Gábor von Vaszary,^[1] (7 June 1897 in Budapest – 22 May 1985), was a Hungarian novelist and screenwriter. He emigrated to Switzerland in 1947. He wrote a number of novels which depict life in Paris in the 1920s and 1930s.^[2]

Vaszary around 1930

Several of his books have been adapted for cinema, for example Monpti which was the basis for the 1957 film Love from Paris directed by Helmut Käutner.^[3]

Selected filmography

• Tokay Rhapsody (1937)
• The Devil Doesn't Sleep (1941)
• Finally! (1941)
• I'll Make You Happy (1944)
• Life Begins at Seventeen (1953)
• She (1954)
• Love from Paris (1957)
• Marry Me, Cherie (1964)