''Hello, Budapest!'' (Hungarian: ''Halló Budapest!'') is a 1935 Hungarian

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directed by

Ladislao Vajda Ladislao Vajda (born Vajda László, ; 18 August 1906 – 25 March 1965) was a Hungarian-Spanish film director who made films in Hungary, Spain, Portugal, the United Kingdom, Italy and West Germany. Biography Vajda was born in Budapest, his f ...

and starring

Gyula Kabos Gyula Kabos (19 March 1887, Budapest – 6 October 1941, New York) was a Hungary, Hungarian actor and comedian, widely known for his comedic movie roles in the late 1930s. Biography Early years Kabos was born into a Jewish family on 19 Marc ...

, Rosy Barsony and Piroska Vaszary. Rîpeanu p.151 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

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József Pán József Pán (1901–1956) was a Hungarian art director. Laura p.76 While he also briefly worked in Austria and Germany, most of his career was spent working in the Hungarian film industry designing film sets. He was active during the Horthy era ...

Cast

as Kecskés * Rosy Barsony as Takács Sári * Piroska Vaszary as Boriska * Gerö Mály as Siket úr * Lili Filótás as Rádióbemondónö * Attila Petheö as Vezérigazgató * Árpád Radó as Rádióbemondó *

Zoltán Szakáts Zoltán () is a Hungarian masculine given name. The name days for this name are 8 March and 23 June in Hungary, and 7 April in Slovakia. "Zoli" is the short version of Zoltán. "Zoli" is commonly used. Zoltána is the feminine version. The name i ...

as Rádió förendezõ * Margit Aknay * Gizi Bajor * László Békeffi * Szabolcs Fényes * Anna Gyenge * Gizi Hertay * Jenõ Hubay *

Lajos Ihász Lajos () is a Hungarian masculine given name, cognate to the English Louis. People named Lajos include: Hungarian monarchs: * Lajos I, 1326-1382 (ruled 1342-1382) * Lajos II, 1506-1526 (ruled 1516-1526) In Hungarian politics: * Lajos Aulic ...

* Ferenc Kiss * Mária Németh *

Sándor Pethes Sándor Pethes (28 May 1899 – 29 June 1981) was a Hungary, Hungarian actor. He was the cousin of the actor Ferenc Pethes. Selected filmography * ''Rongyosok'' (1925) * ''Átok vára'' (1927) * ''Csak egy kislány van a világon'' (1930) * '' ...

Sándor Peti Sándor Peti (1898–1973) was a Hungarian stage actor, stage and film actor.Nemeskürty & Szántó p.107 A character actor, he played supporting roles in many films. Of Jewish heritage, his career was restricted by the Anti-Jewish Laws imposed in ...

* Lajos Solymossy * Imre Stefániai *

Sándor Svéd Sándor Svéd (28 May 1906, Budapest — 9 June 1979), also known as Alexander Sved in the United States, was a Hungarian baritone who had an active international career in operas and concerts from 1928 until his retirement from the stage in 1958. ...

* Miklós Szedõ

References

Bibliography

* Juhász, István. ''Kincses magyar filmtár 1931-1944: az eredeti forgatókönyvből 1931 és 1944 között létrejött hazai mozgóképekről''. Kráter, 2007. * Ostrowska, Dorota, Pitassio, Francesco & Varga, Zsuzsanna. ''Popular Cinemas in East Central Europe: Film Cultures and Histories''. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2017 * Rîpeanu, Bujor. (ed.) ''International Directory of Cinematographers, Set- and Costume Designers in Film: Hungary (from the beginnings to 1988)''. Saur, 1981.

External links

* 1935 films Hungarian musical films 1930s Hungarian-language films 1935 musical films Hungarian black-and-white films Films directed by Ladislao Vajda Films shot at Hunnia Studios Films scored by Szabolcs Fényes {{1930s-Hungary-film-stub