''The State Department Store'' (Hungarian: ''Állami áruház'') is a 1953 Hungarian

musical Musical is the adjective of music. Musical may also refer to: * Musical theatre, a performance art that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance * Musical film Musical film is a film genre in which songs by the Character (arts), charac ...

comedy film The comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor. These films are designed to amuse audiences and make them laugh. Films in this genre typically have a happy ending, with dark comedy being an exception to this rule. Comedy is one of the o ...

directed by

Viktor Gertler Viktor Gertler (24 August 1901 – 5 July 1969) was a Hungary, Hungarian film editor and film director, director active between the 1930s and 1960s.Burns p.15 Selected filmography Editor * ''The Three from the Filling Station (1930 film), The Th ...

and starring Miklós Gábor, Kálmán Latabár and Kamill Feleki. The film is set in and around a

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 popul ...

department store A department store is a retail establishment offering a wide range of consumer goods in different areas of the store under one roof, each area ("department") specializing in a product category. In modern major cities, the department store mad ...

, whose employees are battling against

black market A black market is a Secrecy, clandestine Market (economics), market or series of transactions that has some aspect of illegality, or is not compliant with an institutional set of rules. If the rule defines the set of goods and services who ...

eers.Mitter & Major p.82

Cast

References

Bibliography

* Mitter, Rana & Major, Patrick. ''Across the Blocs: Cold War Cultural and Social History''. Psychology Press, 2004.

External links

* 1953 films Hungarian musical comedy films 1950s Hungarian-language films Films set in Budapest Films directed by Viktor Gertler 1953 musical comedy films Hungarian black-and-white films {{1950s-Hungary-film-stub