''Car Crazy'' (Hungarian: ''Kár a benzinért'') is a 1965 Hungarian
musical comedy film
Musical film is a film genre in which songs by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, but in some cases, they serve merely as break ...
directed by
Frigyes Bán
Frigyes Bán (19 June 1902 – 30 September 1969) was a Hungary, Hungarian screenwriter and film director. His wife was the actress Éva Vass.
Selected filmography
* ''The Unquiet Night'' (1940)
* ''Matthew Arranges Things'' (1940)
* ''One Night ...
and starring
Sándor Pécsi,
Imre Sinkovits and
Tamás Major.
[Rîpeanu p.59] It was shot at the
Hunnia Studios in
Budapest
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and
on location around
Lake Balaton
Lake Balaton () is a freshwater rift lake in the Transdanubian region of Hungary. It is the List of largest lakes of Europe, largest lake in Central Europe, and one of the region's foremost tourist destinations. The Zala River provides the larges ...
and the
resort town
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of
Lillafüred. 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 ...
László Duba.
Cast
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Sándor Pécsi as Balogh Imre
*
Imre Sinkovits as Gál
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Dezsö Garas as Zalai
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Tamás Major as Igazgató
*
János Horkay as Gépkocsi eladója
*
Alfonzó as Polacsek
*
Itala Békés as Szomszéd
*
Mari Szemes
Mari Szemes (7 May 1932 – 10 December 1988) was a Hungarian actress. Of Hungarian ethnicity, she was born in Czechoslovakia. She acted at various venues through Hungary, including the National Theatre in Budapest. She was awarded with the Koss ...
as Baloghné
*
Márta Fónay as Szomszéd
*
Zsuzsa Csala as Szomszéd
*
Zoltán Basilides as Szomszéd
*
Ildikó Sólyom as Gálné
*
Antal Farkas as Teherautó soför
*
Ferenc Kállai as Tengõdi
*
Éva Vass as Paál Gabi
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Sándor Suka as Vizsgabiztos
*
Gábor Kiss as Rendõr
*
László Bánhidi as Boldizsár
*
Endre Csonka as Taxis
*
László Keleti
László () is a Hungarian male given name and surname after the King-Knight Saint Ladislaus I of Hungary (1077–1095). It derives from Ladislav, a variant of Vladislav. The name has a history of being frequently anglicized as Leslie. It is the ...
as Utas
*
Béla Kollár as Rendõr
*
Miklós Zoltai as Taxis
*
Ervin Kibédi Ervin may refer to:
*Ervin (given name)
*Ervin (surname)
*Ervin Township, Howard County, Indiana, one of eleven townships in Howard County, Indiana, USA
See also
* Justice Ervin (disambiguation)
* Earvin
* Ervine
* Erving (disambiguation)
* Erwan
...
as Narrátor
*
László Misoga
References
Bibliography
* Balski, Grzegorz . ''Directory of Eastern European Film-makers and Films 1945-1991''. Flicks Books, 1992.
* Rîpeanu, Bujor. (ed.) ''International Directory of Cinematographers, Set- and Costume Designers in Film: Hungary (from the beginnings to 1988)''. Saur, 1981.
External links
*
1965 films
1960s Hungarian-language films
1965 comedy films
Hungarian comedy films
Hungarian black-and-white films
Films shot at Hunnia Studios
Films directed by Frigyes Bán
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