''Try and Win'' (Hungarian: ''Civil a pályán'') is a 1952 Hungarian

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directed by Márton Keleti and starring Imre Soós,

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and Violetta Ferrari. It was shot at the Hunnia Studios in

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and on location around

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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József Pán. It was one of the most popular Hungarian films of the era, attracting just under four and a half million spectators at the box office.Ostrowska, Pitassio & Varga p.98

Cast

* Imre Soós as Rácz Pista *

as Dunai százados * Violetta Ferrari as Teleki Marika * Ferenc Szusza as Teleki jóska * Kálmán Latabár as Karikás * Gyula Gózon as Lajos bácsi *

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as Inke bácsi * Sándor Tompa as Csótány * Lajos Rajczy as Mészáros * János Zách as Bakos,Ü.B.titkár * Hilda Gobbi as Rácz néni * Lajos Mányai as Edzõ * Ilona Dajbukát as Erzsi néni * János Gálcsiki as Varga Pali * Gyula Árkos as Lakatos * Árpád Latabár as Szakállas * Gyula Tapolczay as Gecsõ, sportfelelõs * György Solthy as Bogdán * Sándor Pethes as Kubanek * Béla Károlyi as policeman

References

Bibliography

* Balski, Grzegorz . ''Directory of Eastern European Film-makers and Films 1945-1991''. Flicks Books, 1992. * Cunningham, John. ''Hungarian Cinema: From Coffee House to Multiplex''. Wallflower Press, 2004. * Ostrowska, Dorota, Pitassio, Francesco & Varga, Zsuzsanna. ''Popular Cinemas in East Central Europe: Film Cultures and Histories''. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2017

External links

* 1952 films 1950s Hungarian-language films 1952 comedy films 1950s sports comedy films Hungarian sports comedy films Hungarian association football films Hungarian black-and-white films Films shot at Hunnia Studios Films directed by Márton Keleti Films scored by Szabolcs Fényes {{1950s-Hungary-film-stub