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László Szirtes
László Szirtes (27 October 1904 – 27 March 1959) was a Hungarian actor and film producer. During World War II he was excluded from work due to the country's Anti-Jewish Laws. After the end of the war he was established as a production manager at the Hunnia Studios in Budapest, working on a variety of films during the post-war era. From 1956 he headed one of the three filmmaking groups of the state-controlled Mafilm alongside Lajos Óvári and Jenõ Katona.Cunningham, John. ''Hungarian Cinema: From Coffee House to Multiplex''. Wallflower Press, 2004. p. 96 He is the father of the theatre director Tamás Szirtes. Selected filmography * ''There Are Exceptions'' (1937) * ''Janos the Valiant'' (1939) * ''The Siege of Beszterce'' (1948) * '' Somewhere in Europe'' (1948) * ''Storm'' (1952) * '' West Zone'' (1952) * ''Under the City'' (1953) * ''Relatives'' (1954) * ''Springtime in Budapest'' (1955) * ''The Bridge of Life'' (1956) * ''Fever'' (1957) * ''Tale on the Twelve Points ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lápafő
Lápafő is a village in Tolna county, Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and .... Populated places in Tolna County {{Tolna-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Siege Of Beszterce
''The Siege of Beszterce'' (Hungarian: ''Beszterce ostroma'') is a 1948 Hungarian historical drama film directed by Márton Keleti and starring Klári Tolnay, Ida Turay and Andor Ajtay. It was based on the novel of the same title by Kálmán Mikszáth.Goble p.325 It was shot at the Hunnia Studios in Budapest. The film's sets were designed by the art director Mátyás Varga. Cast * Klári Tolnay as Apolka * Ida Turay as Estella * Andor Ajtay as Pongrácz István gróf * Gábor Rajnay as Behenczy papa * Kamill Feleki as Behenczi Károly * Lajos Básti as Tarnóczy * Márton Rátkai as Pruzsinszky * Sándor Pethes as Pamutkay * Árpád Lehotay as Pongrácz ezredes * Éva Ruttkai as Ancsura * Mariska Vízváry as Rogyákné * Vilmos Komlós as Bogdán, adóvégrehajtó * László Keleti as Kocsis * Gyula Justh Gyula Justh (13 January 1850 – 9 October 1917) was a Hungarian jurist and politician, who served as Speaker of the House of Representative ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1959 Deaths
Events January * January 1 – Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance. * January 2 – Soviet lunar probe Luna 1 is the first human-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reaches the vicinity of Earth's Moon, where it was intended to crash-land, but instead becomes the first spacecraft to go into heliocentric orbit. * January 3 ** Alaska is admitted as the 49th U.S. state. ** The southernmost island of the Maldives archipelago, Addu Atoll, declares its independence from the Kingdom of the Maldives, initiating the United Suvadive Republic. * January 4 ** In Cuba, rebel troops led by Che Guevara and Camilo Cienfuegos enter the city of Havana. ** Léopoldville riots: At least 49 people are killed during clashes between the police and participants of a meeting of the ABAKO Party in Kinshasa, Léopoldville in the Belgian Congo. * January 6 – The International Maritime Organization is inaugurated. * January 7 – The United ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1904 Births
Events January * January 7 – The distress signal ''CQD'' is established, only to be replaced 2 years later by ''SOS''. * January 8 – The Blackstone Library is dedicated, marking the beginning of the Chicago Public Library system. * January 12 – The Herero Wars in German South West Africa begin. * January 17 – Anton Chekhov's last play, ''The Cherry Orchard'' («Вишнëвый сад», ''Vishnevyi sad''), opens at the Moscow Art Theatre directed by Constantin Stanislavski, 6 month's before the author's death. * January 23 – The Ålesund fire destroys most buildings in the town of Ålesund, Norway, leaving about 10,000 people without shelter. * January 25 – Halford Mackinder presents a paper on "The Geographical Pivot of History" to the Royal Geographical Society of London in which he formulates the Heartland Theory, originating the study of geopolitics. February * February 7 – The Great Baltimore Fire in Baltimore, Maryland, destroys over 1,500 build ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
What A Night! (1958 Film)
''What a Night!'' (Hungarian: ''Micsoda éjszaka!'') is a 1958 Hungarian comedy film directed by György Révész and starring Kálmán Latabár, Klári Tolnay and Éva Ruttkai. Rîpeanu p.46 It was shot at the Hunnia Studios in Budapest. The film's sets were designed by the art director Melinda Vásáry. Cast * Kálmán Latabár as Törös Antal * Klári Tolnay as Karsai Klára * Éva Ruttkai as Vera * Tivadar Horváth as Vili * László Kazal as Betöró * István Rozsos as Csapodi Tomi, grafikus * Zsuzsa Gordon as Csapodi menyasszonya * Ferenc Zenthe as Suhajda, taxisoför * József Gáti as Betörõ * György Bárdy as Burglar * Márta Fónay as Huffnágelné Amál * Ernő Szabó as Huffnágel Jenõ * Erzsi Lengyel * Sándor Peti as Matyi bácsi * Nusi Somogyi * Kálmán Rózsahegyi * Lajos Mányai as Frédi, házigazda * Mária Keresztessy as Frédi felesége * Oszkár Ascher * Sándor Pethes as Dr. Gonda Mihály * Gábor Mádi Szabó Gábor Mádi Sza ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
At Midnight (1957 Film)
''At Midnight'' (Hungarian: ''Éjfélkor'') is a 1957 Hungarian drama film directed by György Révész and starring Éva Ruttkai, Miklós Gábor and Zsuzsa Bánki.Portuges p.152 It was shot at the Hunnia Studios in Budapest. The film's sets were designed by the art director Melinda Vasáry. It was screened at the 1958 Venice Film Festival. Selected cast * Éva Ruttkai as Dékány Viktória * Miklós Gábor as Károlyi János * Zsuzsa Bánki as Ági * István Rozsos as Emil * Ferenc Baracsi as Róbert * Mária Sívó as Viki mamája * Blanka Péchy as Ella néni * Gábor Rajnay Gábor Rajnay (born Gábor Rezső Árpád György Uros Imre Joanovics; 11 May 1895 – 10 July 1961) was a Hungary, Hungarian film actor. Selected filmography * ''The Officer's Swordknot'' (1915) * ''Faun (film), Faun'' (1918) * ''Number 111 (1 ... as Jakab bácsi * János Õsi as Szirtes Miklós * Margit Árpád as Zongorázó hölgy References Bibliography * Liehm, Mira & Liehm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tale On The Twelve Points
''Tale on the Twelve Points'' (Hungarian: ''Mese a 12 találatról'') is a 1957 Hungarian sports film, sports comedy film directed by Károly Makk and starring Klári Tolnay, Ferenc Zenthe and István Somló. It was shot at the Hunnia Studios in Budapest. The film's sets were designed by the art director Mátyás Varga. It was one of the most popular films of the decade, with over three million admissions at the box office.Ostrowska, Pitassi & Varga p.98 Cast * Klári Tolnay as Mrs. Barth, pharmacist * Ferenc Zenthe as Titi, coach * István Somló as Ferenc Bartha doctor * Irén Psota as Vali,Sister of Piri * Iván Darvas as Géza Fazekas, history teacher * Éva Ruttkai as Kató, gym teacher * Sándor Peti as uncle Károly, waiter * Samu Balázs as store manager * Ervin Kibédi as nervous man at the pharmacy * Sándor Siménfalvy as man with a toothache at the pharmacy * László Hlatky as Brobicsek * Zoltán Greguss as Péntek Lajos, manager og KIK * Dezsö Garas as Go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fever (1957 Film)
''Fever'' (Hungarian: ''Láz'') is a 1957 Hungarian drama film directed by Viktor Gertler and starring Ferenc Bessenyei, Tivadar Uray and Margit Bara. It was shot at the Hunnia Studios in Budapest. The film was written by Peter Szász. The film's sets were designed by the art director István Kovács. Synopsis After the First World War an aspiring engineer returns from captivity to try and establish aluminium production. He attracts the attention of both Zsuzsa, the daughter of a prominent man, and Flóra a teacher. Cast * Ferenc Bessenyei as Szabó Barna * Tivadar Uray as Ezredes (Colonel) * Margit Bara as Takács Flóra * László Csákányi as Glatz Ervin * Zsuzsa Gordon as Szegáll Zsuzsa * Hans W. Hamacher as Neumann * Manyi Kiss as Szimolisz Gizi * István Somló as Szegáll * Ernö Szabó as Alexárd * Ferenc Baracsi * Géza Berczy * György Bárdy * Kálmán Erdödy * Emil Fenyö * Zoltán Gera * Árpád Gyenge * János Horkay * Magda Kardos * Lás ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bridge Of Life
''The Bridge of Life'' (Hungarian: ''Az élet hídja'') is a 1956 Hungarian drama film directed by Márton Keleti and starring János Görbe, Ági Mészáros and Zoltán Makláry. Homoródy p.202 It was adapted by Gyula Háy from his own play of the same title. It was shot at the Hunnia Studios in Budapest. The film's sets were designed by the art director Mátyás Varga. Cast * János Görbe as Bódog Mihály * Ági Mészáros as Erzsi, Bódog felesége * Zoltán Makláry as Varga * Márta Fónay as Ilus néni * Lili Berky as Öreg méltóságos asszony * Irén Sütö as Anna - Pongory lánya * Tivadar Uray as Pongory professzor * Gyula Benkö as Pongory fia * Lajos Rajczy as Dániel * Tivadar Horváth as Kicskó * Mária Mezei as Szádváryné * Lajos Mányai as Márki * Tibor Fehéregyházi as Varga Jani * Ferenc Kállai as Varga Tóni * István Somló as Võneki * Edit Soós as Sári * Sándor Szabó as Jánosi, fõmérnök * Miklós Szakáts as Ernõffy * Béla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Springtime In Budapest
''Springtime in Budapest'' (Hungarian: ''Budapesti tavasz'') is a 1955 Hungarian war drama film directed by Félix Máriássy and starring Tibor Molnár, Miklós Gábor and Zsuzsa Gordon.Liehm & Liehm p.164 It was shot at the Hunnia Studios in Budapest. The film's sets were designed by the art director Mátyás Varga. It was based on a 1953 novel of the same title by Ferenc Karinthy. Cast * Tibor Molnár as Gazsó Bertalan * Miklós Gábor as Pintér Zoltán * Zsuzsa Gordon as Jutka * Gábor Rajnay as Turnovszky * Mária Mezei as Turnovszkyné * Iván Darvas as Karaganov fõhadnagy * Elemér Tarsoly as Turumbek tizedes * Lajos Rajczy Markó * Erzsi Lengyel as Fiatal özvegyasszony * Éva Ruttkai as Fiatal rikkancs * László Bánhidi as Sinkovits * John Bartha as one of the gendarmes * Béla Károlyi as one of the soviet soldiers * Nusi Somogyi * Mária Lázár * István Somló * Sándor Pethes * Oszkár Ascher * Kálmán Rózsahegyi Kálmán Rózsah ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Relatives (1954 Film)
''Relatives'' (Hungarian: ''Rokonok'') is a 1954 Hungarian drama film directed by Félix Máriássy and starring László Ungváry, Klári Tolnay and Gábor Rajnay.Liehm & Liehm p.157 It was shot at the Hunnia Studios in Budapest. The film's sets were designed by the art director Mátyás Varga. It is based on a novel by Zsigmond Móricz, which was later remade as a 2006 film. Cast * László Ungváry as Kopjáss István * Klári Tolnay as Lina, Kopjássné * Gábor Rajnay as Polgármester * Sándor Pécsi as Kardics * Tivadar Uray as Miniszter * Hédi Temessy as Magdaléna * Hilda Gobbi as Kati néni * Gyula Gózon Gyula Gózon (19 April 1885 – 8 October 1972) was a Hungarian actor and comedian. Life Gyula Gózon was born on 19 April 1885, in Érsekújvár, but grew up in Esztergom. With the mentoring of his brother, he could fulfill his dream of lea ... as Berci bácsi * Gyula Benkö as Titkár * József Timár as Martiny dr. References Bibliography * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Under The City
''Under the City'' (Hungarian: ''A város alatt'') is a 1953 Hungarian film directed by János Herskó.Bognár & Szentpaly p.85 Cast * János Bagyinszky as Biczó * Ferenc Bessenyei as Géza * József Bihari as Holló * Elma Bulla as Váradiné, Géza anyja * Lucy Cziráky * Sándor Deák * Zoltán Gera * László György as Holub * János Gálcsiki * Teri Horváth as Józsa * Tivadar Horváth as Zederspitz * László Kemény as Váradi, Géza apja * Ferenc Kállai as Vadász * István Palotai as Komor * Sándor Peti Sándor Peti (1898–1973) was a Hungarian stage actor, stage and film actor.Nemeskürty & Szántó p.107 A character actor, he played supporting roles in many films. Of Jewish heritage, his career was restricted by the Anti-Jewish Laws imposed in ... as Friedmann * Imre Pongrácz as Füge * Sándor Pécsi as Varga * Lajos Rajczy as Tömör * János Rajz as Vihar * Imre Sinkovits as Dobsa * István Somló as Forba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
