''Sabotage'' (Hungarian: ''Szabotázs'') is a 1942 Hungarian

thriller film Thriller film, also known as suspense film or suspense thriller, is a broad film genre that evokes excitement and suspense in the audience. The suspense element found in most films' plots is particularly exploited by the filmmaker in this genre. ...

directed by

Emil Martonffi Emil Martonffy (1904–1983) was a Hungarian screenwriter and film director. Selected filmography Director * ''It Happened in March'' (1934) * '' Thanks for Knocking Me Down'' (1935) * ''The Wise Mother'' (1935) * '' Pogányok'' (1937) * '' Ré ...

and starring

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

* 1913 births 1977 deaths Hungarian film actresses Actresses from Budapest 20th-centur ...

Valéria Hidvéghy Valéria Hidvéghy or Valerie Pascal Delacorte (14 June 1914 – 14 July 2011) was a Hungarian actress. Life Delacorte was born in Budapest and broke through the iron curtain to marry the film producer Gabriel Pascal. She is best known today ...

and Ferenc Kiss. ''Hungarian Studies Review - Volumes 19-21''. Hungarian Readers' Service, 1992. p.88 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 ...

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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Lajos Lévay.

Plot

Cast

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

* 1913 births 1977 deaths Hungarian film actresses Actresses from Budapest 20th-centur ...

as Mariska *

as Évi, Dobó lánya * Ferenc Kiss as Demeter Iván villanyszerelõ *

László Földényi László Földényi may refer to: * László F. Földényi (born 1952), Hungarian critic, essayist and art theorist * László Földényi (actor) László Földényi (1895–1960) was a Hungarian stage and film actor. Paietta p.114 He appeared a ...

as Dobó mûvezetõ * Gyula Benkö as Benkõ Ferenc mérnök *

Nusi Somogyi Nusi Somogyi (born Anna Irén Somogyi; March 3, 1890 – October 8, 1963) was a Hungarian film and stage actress. Biography Somogyi was the daughter of master brewer István Somogyi Hollósi and Anna Mesterházy. She studied at the Deák tér Re ...

as Kantinosnõ *

Géza Berczy Géza Berczy (1902–1963) was a Hungarian stage and film actor.Laura p.97 He acted at a variety of theatres during his career and appeared in many films as a character actor in supporting roles from the silent era to the 1960s. Selected filmogra ...

as Titkár * Lenke Egyed as Mariska anyja * Dóra Fáy Kiss as Szûsné *

Hilda Gobbi Hilda Emília Gizella Gobbi (6 June 1913 – 13 July 1988) was an award-winning Hungarian actress, known for her portrayals of elderly women. One of her most beloved performances was as Aunt Szabo in the radio soap opera ''The Szabo Family''. A ...

as Feketéné *

György Gonda György () is a Hungarian version of the name ''George''. Some notable people with this given name: * György Alexits (1899–1978), Hungarian mathematician * György Almásy (1867–1933), Hungarian asiologist, traveler, zoologist and ethnogr ...

as ügynök *

Gusztáv Harasztos Gusztáv is the Hungarian variant of the given name Gustav and may refer to: *Gusztáv Batthyány (1803–1883), Hungarian nobleman who bred horses in England where he was commonly known as Count Batthyány *Gusztáv Gratz (1875–1946), Hungarian p ...

as Igazgató *

Gitta Hódy Gitta may refer to: Places *Gitta, Hsawlaw, village in Burma *Gita, Israel, communal settlement in Israel People *Gitta Alpár (1903–1991), Hungarian opera singer * Gitta Bauer (1919–1990), German journalist * Gitta Connemann (born 1964), Germa ...

as Kocsmároslány * Ottó Jeney as Nyomozó * Rezsõ Acsay as Doktor *

Lajos Kelemen Lajos Kelemen (born 8 June 1929) is a Hungarian former sports shooter. He competed in the 50 metre pistol event at the 1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 (), were an international multi-sport event ...

as Megbízó *

Lajos Kozma Lajos Kozma (1938–2007) was a Hungarian operatic tenor, particularly associated with lyric Italian roles, baroque operas and oratorios. Born on 2 September 1938 in Lepsény, Hungary, he studied at the Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest, and made his ...

as Gyári tisztviselõ *

János Makláry János is a masculine Hungarian given name. It originates from the Hebrew name Johanan and is thus a variant of the English name John. People Notable people with the name include: * János Aczél (mathematician) (1924–2020), Hungarian-Ca ...

as Szûs, Mihály * Gabriella Morócz as Kocsmárosnõ *

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 Fekete Pista *

Pál Szabó Pál is a Hungarian masculine given name, the Hungarian version of Paul. It may refer to: * Pál Almásy (1818–1882), Hungarian lawyer and politician * Pál Bedák (born 1985), Hungarian boxer * Pál Benkő (1928–2019), Hungarian-American ch ...

as Munkás *

Gyula Szöreghy Gyula may refer to: * Gyula (title), Hungarian leader title in the 9th–10th centuries * Gyula (name), Hungarian male given name, derived from the title ; People * Gyula II, the Hungarian ''gyula'' who ruled Transylvania in the 10th-century and ...

as Munkás

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

* 1942 films Hungarian thriller films 1940s Hungarian-language films 1940s thriller films Hungarian black-and-white films Films shot at Hunnia Studios Films directed by Emil Martonffi {{1940s-Hungary-film-stub