---
name: "Károly Vass"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/karoly-vass"
fi1m_id: "karoly-vass"
imdb_id: "nm0890425"
tmdb_id: 71646
wikidata_id: "Q1733238"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "20 June 1896"
died: "3 October 1953"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 70
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-25T02:58:02.031118+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Károly Vass

## Identity

Károly Vass

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/karoly-vass
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** karoly-vass
- **IMDb ID:** nm0890425
- **TMDB ID:** 71646
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1733238
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%A1roly_Vass_(cinematographer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1733238, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0890425/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/71646

Cinematographer. Born 20 June 1896 in Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]. Died 3 October 1953.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 20 June 1896, Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]
- **Died:** 3 October 1953
- **Active:** 1935–1938
- **Also known as:** Karl Vash, Charles Vass, Karl Vaß
- **Frequently works with:** [Albert Kling](https://film.one/person/albert-kling.md), [Leni Riefenstahl](https://film.one/person/leni-riefenstahl.md), [Walter Frentz](https://film.one/person/walter-frentz.md), [Werner Hundhausen](https://film.one/person/werner-hundhausen.md), [Willy Zielke](https://film.one/person/willy-zielke.md), [Alexander von Lagorio](https://film.one/person/alexander-von-lagorio.md), [Andor von Bàrsy](https://film.one/person/andor-von-barsy.md), [Erich Nitzschmann](https://film.one/person/erich-nitzschmann.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%A1roly_Vass_(cinematographer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1733238, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0890425/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/71646

## Biography

Károly Vass (also credited as Karl Vash or Karl Vass) was a Hungarian cinematographer. Born in Budapest in 1896, he began working in Hungarian film in the late 1910s before moving to Austria and then Germany in 1919–1920, where he continued his career during the silent era.

He contributed to several German productions, including as one of the cinematographers on Fritz Lang's *The Testament of Dr. Mabuse* (1933) and as a member of the camera team on Leni Riefenstahl's *Triumph of the Will* (1935) and the two-part *Olympia* (1938). He later returned to Hungary and worked on films there until the mid-1940s.

Vass died in Budapest in 1953.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, de.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations* (1938), Fi1m 75, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/olympia-part-one-festival-of-the-nations.md)
- *Triumph of the Will* (1935), Fi1m 64, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/triumph-of-the-will.md)

## Complete filmography (28)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *A Kiss and That's All* (1941), Director of Photography
- *Sarajevo* (1940), Director of Photography
- *Two Girls on the Street* (1939), Director of Photography
- *Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty* (1938), Director of Photography
- *Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations* (1938), Director of Photography — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/olympia-part-one-festival-of-the-nations.md)
- *The Crucial Moment* (1938), Director of Photography
- *The Sun Shines* (1938), Director of Photography
- *Triumph of the Will* (1935), Director of Photography — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/triumph-of-the-will.md)
- *The Testament of Dr. Mabuse* (1933), Director of Photography
- *M* (1931), Assistant Camera — Fi1m 94, [page](https://film.one/film/m.md)
- *Sei gegrüßt, Du mein schönes Sorrent* (1930), Director of Photography
- *Das Fräulein von Kasse 12* (1928), Director of Photography
- *Vacation from Marriage* (1927), Director of Photography
- *Die Frau ohne Namen - 2. Teil* (1927), Director of Photography
- *Die Frau ohne Namen - 1. Teil* (1927), Director of Photography
- *The Isle of Forbidden Kisses* (1927), Camera Operator
- *The Hanseatics* (1925), Director of Photography
- *Ballet Rats* (1925), Director of Photography
- *Das schöne Abenteuer* (1924), Director of Photography
- *Don Carlos und Elisabeth* (1924), Director of Photography
- *Paganini* (1923), Director of Photography
- *Lucrezia Borgia* (1922), Director of Photography
- *Lady Hamilton* (1921), Director of Photography
- *Casanova* (1919), Director of Photography
- *The Tempter* (1918), Director of Photography
- *The Leopard* (1918), Director of Photography
- *The Fire* (1918), Director of Photography
- *The Royal Life* (1918), Director of Photography

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