''Sister Maria'' (Hungarian: ''Mária nővér'') is a 1937 Hungarian
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...
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
Éva Szörényi,
Pál Jávor and
Lili Berky. 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 ...
and
on location around
Lillafüred. 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 a popular success at the box office.
[Frey p.98]
Cast
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Éva Szörényi as Berényi Mária
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Pál Jávor as Ladányi Mihály - födbirtokos
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Lili Berky as Mária anyja - özvegy Berényiné
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Sándor Svéd
Sándor Svéd (28 May 1906, Budapest — 9 June 1979), also known as Alexander Sved in the United States, was a Hungarian baritone who had an active international career in operas and concerts from 1928 until his retirement from the stage in 1958. ...
as Kibédy János
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Gyula Gózon as Orvos
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Piroska Vaszary as Zárdai tanárnõ
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Gerö Mály as Házmester
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Imre Apáthi as Tibike - János barátja
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Lajos Gárday as Gyuri bácsi
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Tibor Halmay
Tibor Halmay (20 December 1894 – 2 November 1944) was a Hungarian stage and film actor.von Dassanowsky p.65 He was born in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and appeared in a mixture of German and Hungarian films during his career. He is sometimes c ...
as Vadász úr - a titkár
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Ági Donáth
Ági Donáth (25 March 1918 – 16 February 2008) was a Hungarian-born American child actress, who appeared in a dozen or so films during the 1930s, most notably, ''Sister Maria''.
She was born on 25 March 1918 in Budapest, Austria-Hungary. On 2 ...
as Zárdai növendék
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Hilde von Stolz
Hilde von Stolz (8 July 1903 in Segesvár, Nagy-Küküllő County, Austria-Hungary, now Romania – 16 December 1973 in West Berlin, West Germany) was an Austrian-German actress.
Von Stolz attended the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna and made he ...
as Halmay Klári, egy német impresszárió özvegye
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Lajos Köpeczi Boócz as Járásbíró
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József Berky as Cigányprímás
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Béla Fáy as Bandi
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György Hajnal as Postás
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Gyula Justh as újságíró
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Karola Zala as Intézeti fõnöknõ
References
Bibliography
* Balski, Grzegorz . ''Directory of Eastern European Film-makers and Films 1945-1991''. Flicks Books, 1992.
* 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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1937 films
Hungarian drama films
1930s Hungarian-language films
1937 drama films
Hungarian black-and-white films
Films directed by Viktor Gertler
Films shot at Hunnia Studios
Films scored by Szabolcs Fényes
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