''Hello, Peter!'' (Hungarian: '' Szervusz Péter!'') is a 1939 Hungarian

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directed by

Sándor Szlatinay Sándor Szlatinay (December 29, 1899 – October 22, 1980) was a Hungarian composer and film director.Frey p.264 He was born in the Austro-Hungarian Empire and worked in the Hungarian, Italian film industries. After the Second World War he settled ...

and starring Antal Páger,

Erzsi Simor } Erzsi Simor (Born Erzsébet Mária Terézia Porteller; 1913–1977) was a Hungary, Hungarian film actress. Filmography References External links

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and

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) * '' ...

.Rîpeanu p.65 The film's sets were designed by the

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József Simoncsics József Simoncsics (1908–1992) was a Hungarian art director. Rîpeanu p.128 He designed the film sets for a number of Hungarian productions during the 1930s and 1940s while based at the Hunnia Studios in Budapest. Selected filmography * ''Istva ...

. It was based on a play by Károly Nóti, and was later remade as the 1951 West German film '' Czardas of Hearts'', also directed by Szlatinay.

Synopsis

Endre, an

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, is mistaken for the celebrity Péter who asks him to swap roles for a while.

Cast

* Antal Páger as Tamás Endre / Tornay Péter *

Erzsi Simor } Erzsi Simor (Born Erzsébet Mária Terézia Porteller; 1913–1977) was a Hungary, Hungarian film actress. Filmography References External links

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as Tornay Éva *

as Ferenc,Tornay inasa * Valéria Hidvéghy as Lány a mosodából *

Béla Mihályffi Béla Mihályffi (January 14, 1891 – April 4, 1948) was a Hungarian stage and film actor.Székely & Gajdó p.541 A character actor, he played supporting roles in more than sixty films during the 1930s and 1940s. Selected filmography * '' Stolen ...

as Lóránt bácsi *

Ferenc Pethes Ferenc Pethes (1905–1979) was a Hungarian stage and film actor.Bondy p.90 A character actor, he appeared in supporting roles in more than a hundred Hungarian film productions. He also acted in a variety of theatre venues. He was the cousin of th ...

as Fábri bácsi *

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as Magánnyomozó * Etelka Dán as Takács Gizi * Sári Déry as Tornay Péter barátnõje

References

Bibliography

* Juhász, István. ''Kincses magyar filmtár 1931-1944: az eredeti forgatókönyvből 1931 és 1944 között létrejött hazai mozgóképekről''. Kráter, 2007. * Rîpeanu, Bujor. (ed.) ''International Directory of Cinematographers, Set- and Costume Designers in Film: Hungary (from the beginnings to 1988)''. Saur, 1981.

External links

* 1939 films Hungarian comedy films 1930s Hungarian-language films 1939 comedy films Hungarian black-and-white films Films directed by Sándor Szlatinay Films set in Budapest Films scored by Sándor Szlatinay {{1930s-Hungary-film-stub