Hungarian-born art director, a student at the Budapest Academy of Fine Arts. Affiliated with the films of director G.W. Pabst in Germany during the 1920's, he was noted for his realistic sets for
Westfront 1918 (1930) and
Comradeship (1931). Forced to leave Germany, because of his Jewish origins, he subsequently worked in England (1934-37) and Hollywood (1941-47).