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Tibor Polgár
Tibor Polgár (1907–1993) was a Hungarian composer of film scores.Petrucci p.529 After working for several decades in the Hungarian film industry, spanning both the Horthy era and the Communist period, he emigrated to Canada. Selected filmography * '' The New Landlord'' (1935) * ''The Golden Man'' (1936) * ''Sensation'' (1936) * ''Beauty of the Pusta'' (1937) * ''Deadly Spring'' (1939) * '' Rózsafabot'' (1940) * '' Haunting Spirit'' (1940) * '' The Gyurkovics Boys'' (1941) * ''A Bowl of Lentils'' (1941) * '' Magdolna'' (1942) * '' The Perfect Family'' (1942) * ''Sirius'' (1942) * '' Beautiful Star'' (1942) * '' Devil Rider'' (1944) * '' Something in the Water'' (1944) * '' The Schoolmistress'' (1945) * '' Song of the Cornfields'' (1947) * ''The Siege of Beszterce'' (1948) * ''Gala Suit'' (1949) * ''Singing Makes Life Beautiful'' (1950) * '' Déryné'' (1951) * '' Relatives'' (1954) * '' Keep Your Chin Up'' (1954) * ''Accident'' (1955) * ''Sunday Romance'' (1957) * ''Don Juan' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Budapest
Budapest is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, most populous city of Hungary. It is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, tenth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the List of cities and towns on the river Danube, second-largest city on the river Danube. The estimated population of the city in 2025 is 1,782,240. This includes the city's population and surrounding suburban areas, over a land area of about . Budapest, which is both a List of cities and towns of Hungary, city and Counties of Hungary, municipality, forms the centre of the Budapest metropolitan area, which has an area of and a population of 3,019,479. It is a primate city, constituting 33% of the population of Hungary. The history of Budapest began when an early Celts, Celtic settlement transformed into the Ancient Rome, Roman town of Aquincum, the capital of Pannonia Inferior, Lower Pannonia. The Hungarian p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Gyurkovics Boys
''The Gyurkovics Boys'' (Hungarian: ''Gyurkovics fiúk'') is a 1941 Hungarian comedy film directed by Dezső Ákos Hamza and starring László Szilassy, Ida Turay and Erzsi Simor.Cunningham p.227 It is an adaptation of the 1895 novel of the same title by Ferenc Herczeg, a sequel to his earlier work The Gyurkovics Girls. The film's sets were designed by the art director János Pagonyi. Cast * Mariska Vízváry as Gyurkovics mama * László Szilassy as Gyurkovics Géza * László Perényi as Gyurkovics Milán * Endre C. Turáni as Gyurkovics András * Gyula Benkö as Gyurkovics Gyurks * Tibor Puskás as Gyurkovics Sándorka * Kálmán Rózsahegyi as Nektáriusz bácsi * Gábor Rajnay as Brenóczy ezredes * Margit Árpád as Brenóczy felesége, a szép Poldi * Ida Turay as Jutka, Brenóczy lánya * Artúr Somlay as Hetwitz tábornok * Erzsi Simor as Clarisse * Miklós Hajmássy as Dumba, osztrák gárdatiszt * Jenö Pataky as Dénes, államtitkár * Zoltán Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Déryné (film)
''Déryné'' is a 1951 Hungarian historical film, historical biographical film, biographical drama film directed by László Kalmár (director), László Kalmár and starring Klári Tolnay, Gábor Rajnay and Gyula Gózon.Burns p.13 The film's sets were designed by the art director Zoltán Fábri. It is based on the life of opera singer Déryné Róza Széppataki. Synopsis Déryné rejects fame in German theatre in order to return home and establish the first Hungarian-language theatre, at the time part of the Austrian Empire. Cast * Klári Tolnay as Déryné * Gábor Rajnay as Uncle Benke * Gyula Gózon as Major Neunherz * Tivadar Bilicsi as Murányi, Zsiga * Sándor Szabó (actor), Sándor Szabó as Déry István * Sándor Bánáti as Kõszegi Alajos * Tivadar Horváth as Balogh István * József Berky as Kramarics * Gyula Bartos as Greek uncle * Ida Turay as Murányiné * Mária Keresztessy as Sáskáné * Ila Lóth as Böõsi Anna * Ági Mednyánszky as Cecilia * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Singing Makes Life Beautiful
''Singing Makes Life Beautiful'' (Hungarian: ''Dalolva szép az élet'') is a 1950 Hungarian musical comedy film directed by Márton Keleti and starring Imre Soós, Violetta Ferrari and Ferenc Ladányi.Liehm & Liehm p.152 It was shot at the Hunnia Studios in Budapest. The film's sets were designed by the art director József Pán. Synopsis In the choral society of a factory, there is a division between those who prefer traditional music and those enthralled by modern music such a swing. Cast * Imre Soós as Torma Feri * Violetta Ferrari as Kádas Zsóka * Ferenc Ladányi as Lakatos párttitkár * Samu Balázs as Réz Gyõzõ, karnagy * Kálmán Latabár as Seregély Bálint * Gyula Gózon as öreg Kádas * József Bihari as Berta bácsi * László Kozák as Horváth * Árpád Lehotay as Deák * József Simándi as Varga Pali * László Bánhidi as Kandi * Sándor Tompa as Szarda Pali * Zoltán Makláry Zoltán Makláry (16 April 1896, Budapest – 12 July ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gala Suit
''Gala Suit'' (Hungarian: ''Díszmagyar'') is a 1949 Hungarian comedy film directed by Viktor Gertler and starring Gyula Benkö, Zsuzsa Bánki and Iván Darvas.https://port.hu/adatlap/film/tv/diszmagyar-diszmagyar/movie-14002 It was shot at the Hunnia Studios in Budapest. The film's sets were designed by the art director József Pán. Synopsis Budapest university student Lajos discovers that his friends have pawned his only suit, which contains his friend Kitty's bracelet in the pocket. To go and fetch it back he puts on an old costume belonging to his landlady's brother. Out on the streets in this strange attire, he enjoys a series of adventures on the day of a visit by the King of Italy to the Hungarian capital. Cast * Gyula Benkö as Rédey Lajos * Zsuzsa Bánki as Gohrmann Kitty * Iván Darvas as Dodo * Mária Kovács as Kállai Ilonka * György Solthy as Gohrmann tábornok * Mária Lázár as Gohrmanné * György Dénes as Würstler * László Földényi a ... [...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] |
Song Of The Cornfields
''Song of the Cornfields'' (Hungarian: ''Ének a búzamezőkről'') is a 1947 Hungarian drama film, based on a novel by Ferenc Móra, directed by István Szőts and starring Alice Szellay, János Görbe and József Bihari. A Hungarian soldier returning from fighting in the Second World War marries the woman he believes to be the widow of a former comrade who he thinks died in the Prisoner of War camp in which they were held. ''Song of the Cornfields'' was one of only three Hungarian films to be made in 1947, as the film industry struggled to recover from the destruction of the final war years. It was the second film directed by Szőts, following up his well-received 1942 debut '' People of the Mountains'' which featured several of the same cast members. The film was banned in Hungary because of its depiction of the controversial issue of Hungarian prisoners held by the Soviets. The Hungarian Communist leader Mátyás Rákosi walked out of a screening in protest, and the film was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Schoolmistress (1945 Film)
''The Schoolmistress'' (Hungarian: ''A Tanítónő'') is a 1945 Hungarian drama film directed by Márton Keleti and starring Éva Szörényi, Pál Jávor and Kálmán Rózsahegyi . It was entered into the 1947 Cannes Film Festival. It was shot at the Hunnia Studios in Budapest and on location around Ócsa. The film's sets were designed by the art director József Pán. The film was based on the 1908 novel ''The Schoolmistress'' by Sándor Bródy, previously adapted into a 1917 silent film of the same title. It was one only two Hungarian films released that year, along with '' After the Storm'', due to the disruption caused by the Battle of Budapest and Soviet occupation.Cunningham p.62 Cast * Éva Szörényi as Tóth Flóra, a tanítónõ * Pál Jávor as ifj. Nagy István * Kálmán Rózsahegyi as Fõúr * Zoltán Várkonyi as Tuza Zsolt tanító * Lili Berky as id. Nagy Istvánné * Gyula Gózon as Kántor * Jenő Bodnár as id. Nagy István * György Dénes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Something In The Water (1944 Film)
''Something in the Water'' (Hungarian: ''Valamit visz a víz'') is a 1944 Hungarian drama film directed by Lajos Zilahy and starring Katalin Karády, Pál Jávor and Klára Pápai.Somlyódy & Somlyódy p.266 It was shot at the Hunnia Studios in Budapest. Zilahy adapted the screenplay from his own 1928 novel. Synopsis János a fisherman, lives happily with his wife and child. One day at mysterious but attractive woman is washed ashore on the river. The family take her in to recover, but she begins to exert a disturbing power over János. Cast * Katalin Karády as Anada * Pál Jávor as János, a halász * Klára Pápai as Zsuzsánna, János felesége * Gyula Koltai as Öreg Mihály * Lajos Alszeghy as Gergely * Gyula Kamarás as Földesúr * László Baksa Soós as Orvos * Lajos Sugár Lajos Sugár (1893–1974) was a Hungarian stage and film actor. He appeared at a variety of Hungarian theatres during his career including the National Theatre in Budapest.Fek ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devil Rider
''Devil Rider'' (Hungarian: ''Ördöglovas'') is a 1944 Hungarian historical adventure film directed by Dezsõ Ákos Hamza and starring Gyula Benkö, Manyi Kiss and Mária Sulyok.Frey p.340 The film's sets were designed by the art directors Sándor Iliszi and Imre Sörés. It is inspired by the life of the nineteenth century Hungarian aristocrat Móric Sándor, who married the daughter of Austrian statesman Klemens von Metternich. Cast * Alice Fényes as Leontine * Manyi Kiss as Jopsefine * Mária Sulyok as Metternich felesége * Gyula Benkö as Sándor Móric * Zoltán Makláry as Kosztanovics * Zoltán Szakáts as Metternich * Livia Hajnóczi as Szobalány * Brigitta Cserna as Kõrössy Ágota grófnõ * Géza Kardos as Sándor Móric gróf apja * Lenke Csanádi as Borka, Körössy Ágota grófnö szobalánya * Béla Fáy * Sándor Hidassy * Lajos Gárday * Melinda Vajda * Samu Balázs * Gusztáv Vándory * György Gonda * Gusztáv Pártos * Gus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beautiful Star (1942 Film)
''Beautiful Star'' (Hungarian: ''Szép csillag'') is a 1942 Hungarian drama film directed by Imre Jelinek and starring Alice Fényes, Gerö Mály and Antal Páger.Rîpeanu p.65 It is based on a novel by Zsigmond Móricz. The film's sets were designed by the art director Imre Sörés. Cast * Alice Fényes as Dea * Gerö Mály as Intézõ * Antal Páger as Avar János * Ilona Kökény as Grófné * Lajos Bakay as Antal gróf, Dea võlegénye * Judit Székely as Róza * Erzsébet Medgyesy as Avarné * Lajos Alszeghy as Vidracsek * Jenö Bodnár as Plébános * Mária Csiky as Juliska * György Kürthy as Gróf * József Pataky as Öreg Avar * Lajos Sugár as Gádmány András * Ferenc Szabó as Erdõõr * Róbert Huszthy * Lajos Rajczy Lajos Rajczy (1914–1957) was a Hungarian stage and film actor. He was a member of the National Theatre in Budapest and appeared in films from 1940 onwards. After the defeat of the 1956 uprising he went into exile Vie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sirius (1942 Film)
''Sirius'' (Hungarian: ''Szíriusz'') is a 1942 Hungarian science fiction film directed by Dezső Ákos Hamza and starring Katalin Karády, László Szilassy and Elemér Baló.Cunningham p.227 It is based on the 1894 novel of the same title by Ferenc Herczeg and the 1910 theatre adaptation by Imre Földes. It was shot at the Hunnia Studios in Budapest. The film's sets were designed by the art director Klára B. Kokas. It premiered at the wartime 10th Venice International Film Festival (void), 1942 Venice Film Festival, the last held under the regime of Benito Mussolini. Cast * Katalin Karády as Rosina Beppo / Róza * László Szilassy as Tibor Ákos gróf * Elemér Baló Elemér Baló (1892–1970) was a Hungarian stage and film actor. On screen he mainly appeared in a supporting roles in a career that stretched back to the silent era. He appeared as a woodcutter in the 1942 film neorealist film '' People of the ... as Sergius professzor * Géza Berczy as Osztrák ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
