''The Mysterious Stranger'' (Hungarian: ''A titokzatos idegen'') is a 1937 Hungarian

crime film Crime film is a film belonging to the crime fiction genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and fiction. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine with many other genres, such as Drama (film and television), dr ...

directed by Endre Somló and starring

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and

Gyula Gózon Gyula Gózon (19 April 1885 – 8 October 1972) was a Hungarian actor and comedian. Life Gyula Gózon was born on 19 April 1885, in Érsekújvár, but grew up in Esztergom. With the mentoring of his brother, he could fulfill his dream of lea ...

. Rîpeanu p.137 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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István Szirontai Lhotka István Szirontai Lhotka (1884–1938) was a Hungarian art director known for his film set designs in Germany and his native Hungary. Rentschler p.273 He is frequently known as Stefan Lhotka, the name by which he was credited on his German films. ...

Cast

as Dr. Tokaden Kornél *

as Arácsi mérnök és Arácsi Félix *

as Pedellus * Blanka Szombathelyi as Annus - a pedellus lánya *

Béla Mihályffi Béla Mihályffi (January 14, 1891 – April 4, 1948) was a Hungarian stage and film actor.Székely & Gajdó p.541 A character actor, he played supporting roles in more than sixty films during the 1930s and 1940s. Selected filmography * '' Stolen ...

as Tanácsos *

György Kürthy György Kürthy (24 February 1882 – 27 December 1972) was a Hungarian actor, scenographer, writer and director of the theatre. Biography He maturated in Budapest, then moved to Munich where he learnt architecture. His first theatrical perform ...

as Kázméry vezérigazgató *

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as Karcsi - Kázméry fia *

Tivadar Bilicsi Tivadar Bilicsi (1901–1981) was a Hungarian film, stage and television actor, known for his comic roles.Juhász p.64 He performed in over a hundred film or television productions. Selected filmography * '' The Old Scoundrel'' (1932) * ''And th ...

as Bekecs Lajos - altiszt * Gida von Lazar as Cserkésztiszt *

Iván Ruttkay Iván Ruttkay (3 February 1926 – 30 June 2013) was a Hungarian speed skater who competed in the 1948 Winter Olympics The 1948 Winter Olympics, officially known as the V Olympic Winter Games (; ; ; ) and commonly known as St. Moritz 1948 ...

as A pedellus fia * Zsuzsi Polgár as Zsuzsi * Éva Bornemissza as Kovács kisasszony, Kázméry titkárnõje

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

* 1937 films Hungarian crime films 1930s Hungarian-language films 1937 crime films Hungarian black-and-white films Films shot at Hunnia Studios Films based on Hungarian novels Films scored by Alexander László {{1930s-Hungary-film-stub