''A Strange Mask of Identity'' (Hungarian: ''Különös ismertetőjel'') is a 1955 Hungarian
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...
directed by
Zoltán Várkonyi
Zoltán Várkonyi (13 May 1912 – 10 April 1979) was a Hungarian actor and film director
A film director or filmmaker is a person who controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding ...
and starring
Ferenc Bessenyei,
Erzsi Somogyi and
Imre Sinkovits.
[Cunningham p.83] The plot of the movie is set in the Hungarian communist resistance during
Second World War
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.
Directory of World Cinema. Volume 7, East Central Europe
'. Bristol: Intellect, 2011. p. 252 It was shot at the
Hunnia Studios in
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 ...
. The film's sets were designed by the
art director
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It is the charge of a sole art director to supe ...
István Köpeczi-Boócz.
Cast
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Ferenc Bessenyei as Szabó Imre
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Erzsi Somogyi as Szabóné
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Imre Sinkovits as Kóti
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Éva Ruttkai as Eszti
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Violetta Ferrari as Felhõ
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Lajos Básti as Gara
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Vera Szemere as Anna
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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 Guba
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Hilda Gobbi
Hilda Emília Gizella Gobbi (6 June 1913 – 13 July 1988) was an award-winning Hungarian actress, known for her portrayals of elderly women. One of her most beloved performances was as Aunt Szabo in the radio soap opera ''The Szabo Family''. A ...
as Sári mama
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Endre Szemethy as Zsiga bátyánk
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Tibor Molnár as Busa János
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Vanda Kátay
''Vanda'', abbreviated in the horticultural trade as ''V.,'' is a genus in the orchid family, Orchidaceae. There are 90 species, and the genus is commonly cultivated for the marketplace. This genus and its allies are considered to be among the ...
as Busáné
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Andor Ajtay as Bajcsy-Zsilinszky Endre
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István Somló as Váraljay
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Ferenc Ladányi
Ferenc Ladányi (1909–1965) was a Hungarian stage, television and film actor. He was a winner of the Kossuth Prize.''Kossuth-, Állami és Széchenyi-díjasok 1948-2008. Magyar Közlöny Lap- és Könyvkiadó''. 2008. p.67
Selected filmography
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as Ottó
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Imre Apáthi
Imre Apáthi (1909–1960) was a Hungarian stage actor, stage and film actor and film director, director.Cunningham p.91 He was married to the actress Vera Sennyei.
Selected filmography
* ''The Rakoczi March'' (1933)
* ''Emmy (film), Emmy'' (1934 ...
as Barnakalapos
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Rudolf Somogyvári
Rudolf Somogyvári (born Rezső Skoda 1916–1976) was a Hungarian actor. He was the voice of Mz / X in the hit Hungarian animated program '' The Mézga Family''.
Selected filmography
* '' Viki'' (1937)
* '' Two Prisoners'' (1938)
* '' Money ...
as Szõke Lex
References
Bibliography
* Cunningham, John. ''Hungarian Cinema: From Coffee House to Multiplex''. Wallflower Press, 2004.
External links
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1955 films
Hungarian drama films
1950s Hungarian-language films
Films directed by Zoltán Várkonyi
1955 drama films
Hungarian black-and-white films
Films set in 1942
Films set in Budapest
Films shot at Hunnia Studios
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