László Katonka (born 1916) was a Hungarian film editor. ^[1] He worked prolifically between 1939 and 1944 on over forty films, editing some of the major productions of wartime Hungary, while working at the Hunnia Studios in Budapest. He collaborated with a number of directors including Károly Makk who described him as having "devilishly fast hands and an excellent sense of rhythm". ^[2] Like many filmmaker his career came to an end around the time of the German invasion of Hungary which effectively halted production.

• Much Ado About Emmi (1940)
• Closed Court (1940)
• The Unquiet Night (1940)
• The Chequered Coat (1940)
• The Bercsenyi Hussars (1940)
• Matthew Arranges Things (1940)
• Seven Plum Trees (1940)
• Unknown Opponent (1940)
• You Are the Song (1940)
• Money Talks (1940)
• The Marriage Market (1941)
• Europe Doesn't Answer (1941)
• Taken by the Flood (1941)
• Property for Sale (1941)
• Three Bells (1941)
• The Devil Doesn't Sleep (1941)
• Entry Forbidden (1941)
• The Relative of His Excellency (1941)
• Háry János (1941)
• Dr. Kovács István (1942)
• A Message from the Volga Shore (1942)
• A Woman Looks Back (1942)
• The Dance of Death (1942)
• Guard House Number 5 (1942)
• Time of Trial (1942)
• Changing the Guard (1942)
• The Talking Robe (1942)
• It Begins with Marriage (1943)
• Hungarian Eagles (1944)
• Eva Szovathy (1944)
• I'll Make You Happy (1944)

• Károly, Makk. Szeretni kell!: Egy élet kockái. Kossuth Kiadó, 2014.

• László Katonka at IMDb

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