''Lady-Killer in Trouble'' (Hungarian: ''Özvegy menyasszonyok'') is a 1964 Hungarian
comedy
Comedy is a genre of dramatic works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium.
Origins
Comedy originated in ancient Greec ...
crime film
Crime film is a film belonging to the crime fiction genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and fiction. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine with many other genres, such as Drama (film and television), dr ...
directed by
Viktor Gertler
Viktor Gertler (24 August 1901 – 5 July 1969) was a Hungary, Hungarian film editor and film director, director active between the 1930s and 1960s.Burns p.15
Selected filmography Editor
* ''The Three from the Filling Station (1930 film), The Th ...
and starring
Sándor Pécsi,
Dezsö Garas and
Mária Mezei.
[Rîpeanu p.35] 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
art director
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It is the charge of a sole art director to supe ...
László Duba.
Synopsis
A police
detective
A detective is an investigator, usually a member of a law enforcement agency. They often collect information to solve crimes by talking to witnesses and informants, collecting physical evidence, or searching records in databases. This leads the ...
investigating the case of a
taxi driver
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who has disappeared finds no less than six different women claiming to be the vanished man's
fiancee
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.
Cast
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Sándor Pécsi as Kovács Péter rendörörnagy
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Dezsö Garas as Kormos József
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János Rajz as Kalocsai Pál
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Mária Mezei as Mariann
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Erzsi Máthé as Zsuzsa
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Zsuzsa Gordon as Klári
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László Bánhidi as Gál
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Éva Vadnai as Tolmács
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Vera Szemere as Kovács Péterné
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Irén Sütö as Gajdán Éva
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Ilus Vay as JusztÃnia
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Edit Soós as Ica
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Itala Békés as Krisztina
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Sándor Szakács as Hadai
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Erzsi Pásztor
Erzsi Pásztor (born Erzsébet Pápay; 24 September 1936) is a Hungarian actress. She appeared in more than one hundred films since 1959.
Selected filmography
References
External links
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1936 births
Living people
Hungarian film act ...
as Etelka
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Juci Komlós
Juci Komlós (10 February 1919 – 5 April 2011) was a Hungarian film actress. She is best known for her performance as Lenke Takács in Szomszédok. She was the daughter of the actor Vilmos Komlós.
Selected filmography
* ''The Marriage of Kata ...
as Gajdán Éva főnöke
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Mária Keresztessy as Gálné
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Ilona Dajbukát
Ilona Dajbukát (1892–1976) was a Hungarian actress of Armenian ancestry.
Selected filmography
* '' Kiss Me, Darling'' (1932)
* '' Spring Shower'' (1932)
* '' Address Unknown'' (1935)
* '' The Students of Igloi'' (1935)
* '' Kind Stepmother'' ...
*
Kati Böröndi
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Zsuzsa Balogh
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Erzsi Galambos
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Endre Csonka
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László Egri
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László Forgács
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Pál Keresztes
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József Konrád
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Géza Márky
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István Prókai
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Péter Pusztai
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Ildikó Sólyom
References
Bibliography
* Balski, Grzegorz. ''Directory of Eastern European Film-makers and Films 1945-1991''. Flicks Books, 1992.
* Liehm, Mira & Liehm, AntonÃn J. ''The Most Important Art: Soviet and Eastern European Film After 1945''. University of California Press, 1980.
* Rîpeanu, Bujor. (ed.) ''International Directory of Cinematographers, Set- and Costume Designers in Film: Hungary (from the beginnings to 1988)''. Saur, 1981.
External links
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1964 films
1960s Hungarian-language films
1964 comedy films
Hungarian comedy films
Hungarian black-and-white films
Films shot at Hunnia Studios
Films directed by Viktor Gertler
Films scored by Szabolcs Fényes
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