''At Midnight'' (Hungarian: ''Éjfélkor'') is a 1957 Hungarian

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directed by

György Révész György Révész (16 October 1927 – 2 April 2003) was a Hungary, Hungarian screenwriter and film director. Selected filmography Director * ''At Midnight (1957 film), At Midnight'' (1957) * ''What a Night! (1958 film), What a Night!'' (1958) * ...

and starring Éva Ruttkai, Miklós Gábor and

Zsuzsa Bánki Zsuzsa Bánki (1921–1998) was a Hungarian film, stage and television actress.Fekete p.31 Making her screen debut in 1945, she appeared in films throughout the 1950s and 1960s. Her final appearance was a recurring role on the televisions series ' ...

.Portuges p.152 It was shot at the Hunnia Studios in

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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. It was screened at the 1958 Venice Film Festival.

Selected cast

* Éva Ruttkai as Dékány Viktória * Miklós Gábor as Károlyi János *

as Ági *

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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, Antonín J. ''The Most Important Art: Soviet and Eastern European Film After 1945''. University of California Press, 1980. * Portuges, Catherine. ''Screen Memories: The Hungarian Cinema of Márta Mészáros''. Indiana University Press, 1993.

External links

* 1957 films Hungarian drama films 1950s Hungarian-language films 1957 drama films Hungarian black-and-white films Films directed by György Révész Films shot at Hunnia Studios {{1950s-Hungary-film-stub