Most people know that Bela Lugosi is
the actor that played Dracula in the 1931 horror classic, Count Dracula. In both Bram Stokers book and the
movie Dracula is supposed to be from Transylvania. But Lugosi is actually from
Hungary.
What most people don’t know is that Lugosi help organize
Hungary's National Trade Union of Actors, the world's first film actors' union. .
He was also a staunch supporter of the 1919 Hungarian Revolution that briefly
brought Bela Kun's
Hungarian Soviet Republic into power. That revolution only lasted for one year
and then it was overthrown with the help of neighboring countries. Kun’s revolution
was one of the first communist revolutions in the world, after the Soviet
Union.
Because of his support for Kun, Lugosi had to sneak out of
the country. He eventually ended up in the US, in 1921. His portrayal of
Dracula is usually considered the favorite of most people even today.
He had a long career and joined with Ed Woods towards the end of his life.
Woods was famous for his real bad movies and his cult classic, Plan 9 From Outer Space.
Bela Kun-សតិវអតុ
Bauhaus - Bela
Lugosi's Dead
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