''A Strange Role'' ( hu, Herkulesfürdői emlék, also known as ''Improperly Dressed'' and released in the US as ''Strange Masquerade'') is a 1976 Hungarian
drama film directed by
Pál Sándor. It was entered into the
27th Berlin International Film Festival
The 27th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 24 June – 5 July 1977. The festival opened with ''Nickelodeon'' by Peter Bogdanovich. The Golden Bear was awarded to the Soviet Union film '' The Ascent'' directed by Larisa Shep ...
where it won the
Silver Bear.
The film was also selected as the Hungarian entry for the
Best Foreign Language Film at the
50th Academy Awards
The 50th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored films released in 1977 and took place on April 3, 1978, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles beginning at 7:00 p.m. PST ...
, but was not accepted as a nominee.
Plot
The film is about a young Hungarian Communist man, who ends up hiding from the country's White Russian oppressors in remote sanatorium, disguised as a woman in 1919.
Cast
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Margit Dajka - Öreg primadonna
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Irma Patkós - Kegyelmes Asszony
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Carla Romanelli - Olasznő
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Dezső Garas - Reményi / Glück úr / Fényképész
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Sándor Szabó - Wallach doktor
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Endre Holmann - Galambos Sarolta / Kövesi János (as Holman Endre)
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Hédi Temessy
Hédi Temessy (Hedvig Temesi; 6 May 1925 – 29 May 2001) was a Hungarian actress. Active for over 50 years, she appeared on stage, in films, and on television. Her significant roles include playing Márta in Gergely Csiky's ''The Grandmother' ...
- Ágota kisasszony
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Ildikó Pécsi
Ildikó Pécsi (21 May 1940 – 5 December 2020) was a Hungarian actress. She appeared in more than one hundred films since 1961.
Selected filmography
References
External links
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1940 births
2020 deaths
People from Hajdú-Bihar Co ...
- Mesternő
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Mária Lázár - Füsthajú nő
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Ági Margittay
Aggie may refer to:
People
* J. C. Agajanian (1913–1984), American motor sports personality
* Aggie Beynon, Canadian metalsmith
* Aggie Grey (1897–1988), Samoan hotelier born Agnes Genevieve Swann
* Agnes Aggie Herring (1876–1939), Ameri ...
- Ambrusné (as Margitai Ági)
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Erzsébet Kútvölgyi - Zsófi nővér
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András Kern - Ács István
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György Simon
György () is a Hungarian version of the name ''George''. Some notable people with this given name:
* György Alexits, as a Hungarian mathematician
* György Almásy, Hungarian asiologist, traveler, zoologist and ethnographer, father of Lászl ...
- Lajos bácsi
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Georgiana Tarjan - Reményi Margitka (as Györgyi Tarján)
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Márk Zala Márk is the Hungarian form of Mark (given name), though outside Mark the Evangelist the name is quite rare as a given name in Hungarian. Notable people with the name include:
*Márk Rózsavölgyi
Márk Rózsavölgyi (; born Mordecai Rosenthal, ...
- Különítményes tiszt
See also
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List of submissions to the 50th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
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List of Hungarian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
External links
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1976 films
1970s Hungarian-language films
1976 drama films
Films directed by Pál Sándor
Hungarian drama films
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