''Unknown Opponent'' (Hungarian: ''Ismeretlen ellenfél'') is a 1940 Hungarian
spy thriller film
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directed by
Endre Rodríguez and starring
Erzsi Simor
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Erzsi Simor (Born Erzsébet Mária Terézia Porteller; 1913–1977) was a Hungary, Hungarian film actress.
Filmography
References
External links
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1913 births
1977 deaths
Hungarian film actresses
Actresses from Budapest
20th-centur ...
,
Andor Ajtay and
Karola Zala
Karola Zala (1 October 1879 – 13 January 1970) was a Hungarian actress. She was born in
Nagyvárad, Austria-Hungary (now, Oradea, Romania) and died in Budapest.
Selected filmography
* '' Spring Shower'' (1932)
* '' Kiss Me, Darling'' (1932)
* ...
.
[Rîpeanu p.196] It was shot at the
Hunnia Studios in
Budapest
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. The film's sets were designed by the
art director
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It is the charge of a sole art director to supe ...
Miklós Velits.
Synopsis
A foreign power interested in a new Hungarian
prototype
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aircraft
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recruit Adrienne to steal the plans, but she falls for László the
engineer
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behind the new design.
Cast
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Erzsi Simor
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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 Adrienne
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Andor Ajtay as Marton László
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Karola Zala
Karola Zala (1 October 1879 – 13 January 1970) was a Hungarian actress. She was born in
Nagyvárad, Austria-Hungary (now, Oradea, Romania) and died in Budapest.
Selected filmography
* '' Spring Shower'' (1932)
* '' Kiss Me, Darling'' (1932)
* ...
as Id. Martonné
*
László Földényi as Bratt, kémfõnök
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Nusi Somogyi as Bözsi
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Zoltán Greguss as A 127-es kém
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Éva Adorján as Titkárnõ
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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 A kémelhárítás vezetõje
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Sári Barabás
Sári Barabás (14 March 1914 – 16 April 2012) was a Hungarian operatic soprano, particularly associated with coloratura roles.Obituary : Sári Barábas. ''Opera'', September 2012, Vol 63 No.9, p1076.
Biography
Sári Barabás was born in Budap ...
as énekesnõ
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Lajos Kelemen as Bendzsós
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Ferenc Pethes as Munkavezetõ
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Tihamér Lázár as Rendõrfõnök
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Anni Eisen as Méltóságos asszony a bárban
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Dóra Fáy Kiss as Bárhölgy
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Béla Fáy as Alezredes
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Ottó Jeney as Kovács, Bratt sofõrje
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Árpád Latabár as Tóbiás - üzletvezetõ
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Zoltán Pethö as Kémfõnök
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Sándor Tompa as Rendõr
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
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1940 films
Hungarian thriller films
1940s Hungarian-language films
1940s thriller films
Hungarian black-and-white films
Films shot at Hunnia Studios
Films directed by Endre Rodríguez
1940s spy films
Hungarian spy films
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