# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/karoly-lajthay
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:58:41.689Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/karoly-lajthay"
name: "Károly Lajthay"
slug: "karoly-lajthay"
description: "Károly Lajthay was a Hungarian film director, actor and screenwriter. He directed 17 films between 1918 and 1944. He also appeared in 13 films between 1916 and 1920. He was born in Marosvásárhely, Austria-Hungary. He directed the first film version of Dracula entitled Drakula halála (1921). Lajthay died in Budapest, Hungary."
tagline: "Film director, Actor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/K%C3%A1roly_Lajthay_Photo.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1886-12-07"
deathDate: "1946-08-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.24
  momentum:             15
  historical:           9.670194666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0482076/"
    handle:    "nm0482076"
sources:
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%A1roly_Lajthay"
    title: "Károly Lajthay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%84%D9%89_%D9%84%D8%A7%DA%86%D8%AB%D8%A7%D9%89"
    title: "كارولى لاچثاى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karol_Laythay"
    title: "Karol Laythay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%A1roly_Lajthay"
    title: "Károly Lajthay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%A1roly_Lajthay"
    title: "Károly Lajthay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%A1roly_Lajthay"
    title: "Károly Lajthay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%A1roly_Lajthay"
    title: "Károly Lajthay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%DB%8C_%D9%84%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AA%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C"
    title: "کاروی لایتایی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%A1roly_Lajthay"
    title: "Károly Lajthay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lajthay_K%C3%A1roly"
    title: "Lajthay Károly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%A1roly_Lajthay"
    title: "Károly Lajthay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6453299"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1340278"
    title: "Károly Lajthay"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump