''Rakoczy's Lieutenant'' (Hungarian: ''Rákóczi hadnagya'') is a 1954 Hungarian

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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

Tibor Bitskey Tibor Bitskey (20 September 1929 – 2 February 2015) was a Hungary, Hungarian television actor, television and film actor. Partial filmography * ''Föltámadott a tenger'' (1953) * ''A harag napja'' (1953) * ''Kiskrajcár'' (1953) - Madaras ...

Éva Vass Éva Vass (1933–2019) was a Hungarian stage, film and television actress.Fekete p.447 She was married to the film director Frigyes Bán and the actor Miklós Gábor. Selected filmography * '' Flying Gold'' (1932) * '' Rakoczy's Lieutenant'' (1 ...

and

Ferenc Zenthe Ferenc Zenthe (born Ferenc Rameshofer; 20 April 1920 – 30 July 2006) was a Hungarian actor, honored with being chosen as an Actor of the Nation, the Kossuth Prize and the Meritorious Artist Award of Hungary. Best known from the historical ser ...

. It was shot at the

Hunnia Studios Hunnia Film Studio was the largest and most significant sound film studio in Hungary until its nationalization in 1948. Its predecessor, Corvin Film Studio, founded by Alexander Korda in 1917, was the most important Hungarian silent film compa ...

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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Imre Sörés Imre Sörés (1907–1986) was a Hungarian art director. Hayes p.125 & 132 He worked in the Hungarian film industry designing film sets for productions from the Horthy era to the postwar Communist period, generally at the Hunnia Studios in Buda ...

. It is set during the

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during the early eighteenth century. It was screened at the 1954 Locarno Film Festival. It was one of the most popular films at the Hungarian box office during the 1950s, drawing more than six and half million spectators.Ostrowska, Pitassio & Varga p.97

Cast

: as Lt. János Bornemissza *

: as Anna Bíró *

Endre Gyárfás Endre may refer to: People Hungary Endre is a Hungarian masculine given name. It is a Hungarian form of ''Andrew'' and may refer to: * Endre (vice-palatine), 13th-century nobleman * Endre Ady, poet * Endre Botka, footballer * Endre Elekes, Oly ...

: as Matyi, Anna’s brother *

: as Miska Fekete *

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 Miska Rácz *

Gellért Raksányi Gellért or Gellert may refer to: People * Christian Fürchtegott Gellert (1715–1769), German poet * (born 1961), Danish children's book illustrator * Hugo Gellert (1892–1985), Hungarian-American illustrator and muralist * Imre Gellért (1888� ...

: as István Suhajda *

Sándor Deák Sándor Deák (1909–2002) was a Hungarian stage, film and television actor.Nemeskürty & Szántó p.111 On stage he featured at a number of different theatre venues. A character actor, he appeared in supporting roles in cimema during the 1950s o ...

: as

Francis II Rákóczi Francis II Rákóczi (, ; 27 March 1676 – 8 April 1735) was a Hungarian nobleman and leader of the Rákóczi's War of Independence against the Habsburgs in 1703–1711 as the prince () of the Estates Confederated for Liberty of the Kingdom of ...

Gábor Mádi Szabó Gábor Mádi Szabó (1922–2003) was a Hungarian actor. Selected filmography * '' Mrs. Szabó'' (1949) * '' A Woman Gets a Start'' (1949) * '' Battle in Peace'' (1952) * '' The Sea Has Risen'' (1953) * '' Rakoczy's Lieutenant'' (1954) * '' Wa ...

: as

János Bottyán János Bottyán (1643, Esztergom, Hungary – 27 September 1709), also known as Blind Bottyán, Vak Bottyán János was a Hungarian kuruc general. Bottyán was born into a poor noble family of Protestant religion, his father was Kurulh Efimovi ...

József Timár József Timár (1902–1960) was a Hungarian stage and film actor.Kósa p.305 He was associated with the National Theatre in Budapest for many years. Selected filmography * '' Cafe Moscow'' (1936) * ''Sensation'' (1936) * ''A Girl Sets Out'' (19 ...

: as Brigadier Dobay *

Miklós Sármássy Miklós (, ) is a given name or surname, the Hungarian form of the Greek (English ''Nicholas''), and may refer to: In Hungarian politics * Miklós Bánffy, Hungarian nobleman, politician, and novelist * Miklós Horthy, Regent of the Kingdom of H ...

: as Captain Inczédy * Sándor Szabó : as Count Maximilan Starhemberg *

István Egri István () is a Hungarian language equivalent of the name Stephen or Stefan. It may refer to: People with the given name Nobles, palatines and judges royal * Stephen I of Hungary (c. 975–1038), last grand prince of the Hungarians and first k ...

: as Pichler, colonel Labanc *

Béla Károlyi Béla Károlyi (; September 13, 1942 – November 15, 2024) was a Romanian and American gymnastics coach of Hungarian origin. Early in his coaching career he developed the Romanian centralized training system for gymnastics. One of his earlies ...

: as Count

Miklós Bercsényi Count Miklós Bercsényi () ( Hrádok, Kingdom of Hungary, September 1665 – Tekirdağ, 6 November 1725) was a Hungarian military officer and chief general during Rákóczi's War of Independence (1703–1711). Biography He was the son of General ...

References

Bibliography

* Balski, Grzegorz . ''Directory of Eastern European Film-makers and Films 1945–1991''. Flicks Books, 1992. * Ostrowska, Dorota, Pitassio, Francesco & Varga, Zsuzsanna. ''Popular Cinemas in East Central Europe: Film Cultures and Histories''. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2017

External links

* 1954 films 1950s Hungarian-language films 1954 adventure films Films directed by Frigyes Bán Films shot at Hunnia Studios Hungarian historical adventure films 1950s historical adventure films Hungarian war films 1954 war films Films set in the 18th century Films scored by Ferenc Farkas {{1950s-Hungary-film-stub