''Miss Iza'' (Hungarian: ''Iza néni'') is a 1933 Hungarian
comedy film
The comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor. These films are designed to amuse audiences and make them laugh. Films in this genre typically have a happy ending, with dark comedy being an exception to this rule. Comedy is one of the o ...
directed by
Istvan Szekeley and starring
Sári Fedák,
Pál Jávor and
Ella Gombaszögi. 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
Art director is a title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, live-action and animated film and television, the Internet, and video games.
It is the charge of a sole art director to supe ...
Márton Vincze
Márton Vincze (1905– 17 January 1941, Budapest) was a Hungarian art director who designed the sets for over eighty films during his career.
Selected filmography
* '' The Blue Idol'' (1931)
* '' The Old Scoundrel'' (1932)
* ''And the Plains Ar ...
. It was one of several Hungarian films made with the financial backing of French producer
Adolphe Osso.
[Frey p.113]
Cast
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Sári Fedák as Aunt Iza
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Pál Jávor as Baló Bálint, forester
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Irén Ágay
Irén Ágay (23 February 1912 —2 September 1950) was a Hungarian actress. She was a leading star of 1930s Hungarian cinema, before emigrating to the United States.
Selected filmography
* ''Miss Iza'' (1933)
* '' Romance of Ida'' (1934)
* ' ...
as Paksy Jolán
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Ella Gombaszögi
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Karola Zala
Karola Zala (1 October 1879 – 13 January 1970) was a Hungarian actress. She was born in
Nagyvárad, Austria-Hungary (now, Oradea, Romania) and died in Budapest.
Selected filmography
* '' Spring Shower'' (1932)
* '' Kiss Me, Darling'' (1932)
* ...
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Sándor Radó
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Sári Kürthy
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Kató Eõry
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Vilmos Komlós
Vilmos Komlós (1893–1959) was a Hungarian stage and film actor. He was a top cabaret performer in Budapest, many of his colleagues and collaborators being Jewish and later forced to emigrate.Szalai p.236 He was married to the actress Irma Pint ...
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Károly Huszár
Károly Huszár de Sárvár (, born as Károly Schorn, 10 September 1882 – 27 October 1941) was a Hungarian politician who served as prime minister and acting Head of State of Hungary from November 1919 to March 1920. His tenure coincided w ...
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Oscar Beregi Sr.
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Márton Rátkai
Márton Rátkai (born Mór Márton Fischer; 18 November 1881 – 18 September 1951) was a Hungarian actor and comedian. In 1917 he starred with in the comedy ''Harrison and Barrison'', one of the most popular and best-known Hungarian films of t ...
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Jenö Törzs
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György Dénes
György Dénes (2 July 1898 – 14 April 1962) was a Hungarian stage and film actor.Gagelmann p.73 He appeared in more than forty films during his career.
Selected filmography
* ''Miss Iza'' (1933)
* ''Everything for the Woman'' (1934)
* ''The St ...
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Gusztáv Vándory
Gusztáv Vándory (6 December 1882 – 16 November 1964) was a Hungarians, Hungarian stage and film actor. He was born and died in Budapest.
Selected filmography
* ''Lili (1918 film), Lili'' (1918)
* ''Yamata'' (1919)
* ''Neither at Home or Abroa ...
References
Bibliography
* Cunningham, John. ''Hungarian Cinema: From Coffee House to Multiplex''. Wallflower Press, 2004.
* Frey, David. ''Jews, Nazis and the Cinema of Hungary: The Tragedy of Success, 1929-1944''. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2017.
* 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
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1933 films
Hungarian comedy films
1930s Hungarian-language films
1933 comedy films
Hungarian black-and-white films
Films directed by Steve Sekely
Films shot at Hunnia Studios
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