''Suburban Guard Post'' (Hungarian: ''Külvárosi örszoba'') is a 1943 Hungarian

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directed by Dezsõ Ákos Hamza and starring Katalin Karády, István Nagy and

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. It was shot at the Hunnia Studios in

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. The film's sets were designed by the art directors

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and Imre Sörés. Karády plays one of her characteristic femme fatale roles. Stylistically it resembles

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Synopsis

A young

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is taken under the wing of an experienced colleague and becomes engaged to his daughter Lidi. However one night on a raid he encounters a woman playing an accordion in a shady bar who sets out to seduce him away from his duty and his

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Cast

* Katalin Karády as Harmonikás Gizi * István Nagy as Tóth XVII.János rendõr *

as Lidi, Nagyék lánya * Imre Toronyi as Nagy Miklós, rendõr fõtörzsõrmester * Ilona Dajbukát as Nagyné * Gyula Csortos as Frici,bûvész *

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as Gáspár mama * János Makláry as Karcsi,rablógyilkos * Endre C. Turáni as 'Vak' koldus *

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as Öreg kofa * Lenke Egyed as Asszony * Gina Halász as Utcalány * Sándor Hidassy as Rendõr * Ottó Jeney as Detektív * József Juhász as Bandi *

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as Detektív *

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as Karcsi barátja * László Misoga as Fényképész * József Mátray as Rendõrtiszt *

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as Kocsmáros * Vera Szemere as Ápolónõ * Imre Tóth as Detektív

References

Bibliography

* Kelecsényi, László. ''Karády 100''. Noran Libro Kiadó, 2011. * Király, Jenő. ''Karády mítosza és mágiája''. Háttér Lap- és Könyvkiadó, 1989. * Ostrowska, Dorota, Pitassio, Francesco & Varga, Zsuzsanna. ''Popular Cinemas in East Central Europe: Film Cultures and Histories''. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2017.

External links

* 1943 films Hungarian drama films 1940s Hungarian-language films 1943 drama films Hungarian black-and-white films Films directed by Dezsõ Ákos Hamza Films shot at Hunnia Studios {{Hungary-film-stub hu:Külvárosi őrszoba