''A Strange Role'' ( hu, Herkulesfürdői emlék, also known as ''Improperly Dressed'' and released in the US as ''Strange Masquerade'') is a 1976 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. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...
directed by
Pál Sándor
Pál Sándor (born 19 October 1939) is a Hungarian film director, producer, and screenwriter. He has directed 28 films since 1964. His 1976 film '' A Strange Role'' was entered into the 27th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won ...
. It was entered into the
27th Berlin International Film Festival
The 27th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 24 June – 5 July 1977. The festival opened with ''Nickelodeon'' by Peter Bogdanovich. The Golden Bear was awarded to the Soviet Union film '' The Ascent'' directed by Larisa Shep ...
where it won the
Silver Bear
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.
The film was also selected as the Hungarian entry for the
Best Foreign Language Film
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Best Actor/Best Actress
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at the
50th Academy Awards
The 50th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored films released in 1977 and took place on April 3, 1978, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles beginning at 7:00 p.m. PST ...
, but was not accepted as a nominee.
Plot
The film is about a young Hungarian Communist man, who ends up hiding from the country's White Russian oppressors in remote sanatorium, disguised as a woman in 1919.
Cast
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Margit Dajka
Margit is a feminine given name, a version of Margaret.
People bearing the name include:
* Margit of Hungary (1175–1223), Empress consort of Isaac II Angelos, Byzantine Emperor
* Saint Margit of Hungary (1242–1271), Hungarian nun and princ ...
- Öreg primadonna
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Irma Patkós
Irma Patkós (8 March 1900 – 24 October 1996) was a Hungarian film actress. She appeared in 40 films between 1957 and 1994.
Selected filmography
* '' A Strange Role'' (1976)
* ''My Father's Happy Years'' (1977)
* ''Cserepek'' (1980)
* '' ...
- Kegyelmes Asszony
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Carla Romanelli
Carla is the feminized version of Carl, Carlos or Charles, from ''ceorl'' in Old English, which means "free man". Notable people with the name include:
* Carla, French singer and former member of the children's music group Kids United
* Carla Ab ...
- Olasznő
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Dezső Garas
Dezső Garas (9 December 1934 – 30 December 2011) was a Hungarian actor, who
appeared in more than 145 films and television shows since 1956. He starred in the 1993 film '' Whoops'', which was entered into the 43rd Berlin International F ...
- Reményi / Glück úr / Fényképész
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Sándor Szabó - Wallach doktor
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Endre Holmann - Galambos Sarolta / Kövesi János (as Holman Endre)
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Hédi Temessy - Ágota kisasszony
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Ildikó Pécsi
Ildikó Pécsi (21 May 1940 – 5 December 2020) was a Hungarian actress. She appeared in more than one hundred films since 1961.
Selected filmography
References
External links
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1940 births
2020 deaths
People from Hajdú-Bihar Co ...
- Mesternő
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Mária Lázár
Mária Lázár (18 April 1895 – 1 October 1983) was a Hungarian film actress. She was born Mária Czartoriszky in Herkulesfürdõ, Austria-Hungary, and died in Budapest, Hungary. She was married three times: Ihász Lajos színész (1916 ...
- Füsthajú nő
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Ági Margittay - Ambrusné (as Margitai Ági)
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Erzsébet Kútvölgyi
Erzsébet Kútvölgyi (born November 14, 1950) is a Jászai Mari Award and Kossuth Prize
The Kossuth Prize ( hu, Kossuth-díj) is a state-sponsored award in Hungary, named after the Hungarian politician and revolutionist Lajos Kossuth. The Pr ...
- Zsófi nővér
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András Kern
András Kern (born 28 January 1948 in Budapest) is a Hungarian actor, producer, writer, singer and comedian.
Life
In 1965 Kern produced a film with a friend, entitled ''Mi Lesz?'' (What will happen?), and subsequently won first prize in the 13 ...
- Ács István
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György Simon - Lajos bácsi
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Georgiana Tarjan
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- Reményi Margitka (as Györgyi Tarján)
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Márk Zala Márk is the Hungarian form of Mark (given name), though outside Mark the Evangelist
Mark the Evangelist ( la, Marcus; grc-gre, Μᾶρκος, Mârkos; arc, ܡܪܩܘܣ, translit=Marqōs; Ge'ez: ማርቆስ; ), also known as Saint Mark, is t ...
- Különítményes tiszt
See also
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References
External links
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1976 films
1970s Hungarian-language films
1976 drama films
Films directed by Pál Sándor
Hungarian drama films
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