''Accident'' or ''Hit and Run'' (Hungarian: ''Gázolás'') is a 1955 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-g ...

directed by

Viktor Gertler Viktor Gertler (24 August 1901 – 5 July 1969) was a Hungarian film editor and director active between the 1930s and 1960s.Burns p.15 Selected filmography Editor * '' The Three from the Filling Station'' (1930) * ''The Man in Search of His Murde ...

and starring

Iván Darvas Iván Darvas (born ''Szilárd Darvas''; 14 June 1925 in Behynce ( hu, Beje, german: Behintz; now part of Tornaľa, Revúca District, Banská Bystrica Region) – 3 June 2007 in Budapest, Hungary) was a Hungarian actor. Early life Born as ...

Violetta Ferrari Violetta Ferrari (25 April 1930 – 23 January 2014) was a Hungarian actress. She died on 23 January 2014, aged 83, in Budapest. Selected filmography *'' Paprika'' (1959) * ''Grounds for Divorce Grounds for divorce are regulations speci ...

and

Imre Apáthi Imre Apáthi (1909–1960) was a Hungarian stage and film actor and director.Cunningham p.91 He was married to the actress Vera Sennyei. Selected filmography * ''The Rakoczi March'' (1933) * ''Emmy'' (1934) * '' I May See Her Once a Week'' (19 ...

. Balski p.93 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

art director Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film industry, film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...

József Pán József Pán (1901–1956) was a Hungarian art director. Laura p.76 While he also briefly worked in Austria and Germany, most of his career was spent working in the Hungarian film industry designing film sets. He was active during the Horthy era ...

Cast

as Csanádi András *

as Zenthe Judit *

as Dr. Pálházi Jenõ * Irén Sütö as Gerlóczy Bea *

Rudolf Somogyvári Rudolf Somogyvári (born Rezső Skoda 1916–1976) was a Hungarian actor. He was the voice of Mz / X in the hit Hungarian animated program ''The Mézga Family''. Selected filmography * '' Viki'' (1937) * ''Two Prisoners'' (1938) * ''Money Is ...

as Legéndi Antal *

József Timár József Timár (1902–1960) was a Hungarian stage actor, stage and film actor. Kósa p.305 He was associated with the National Theatre (Budapest), National Theatre in Budapest for many years. Selected filmography * ''Cafe Moscow'' (1936) * ''Sen ...

as Dr. Konrád Dezsõ * Mária Sulyok as Zenthéné * Ádám Szirtes as Danka Lajos * Mária Barta as Dr.Pozsonyi Magda * Róbert Rátonyi as Ágh Péter *

József Máriáss József () is a Hungarian masculine given name. It is the Hungarian name equivalent to Joseph. Notable people bearing this name include: * József Braun (also known as József Barna; 1901–1943), Hungarian Olympic footballer * József Cse ...

as Jegyzõ *

János Gönczöl János or Janos may refer to: * János, male Hungarian given name, a variant of John Places * Janos Municipality, a municipality of Chihuahua ** Janos, Chihuahua, town in Mexico ** Janos Biosphere Reserve, a nature reserve in Chihuahua * Janos ...

as Ügyész *

György Pálos György () is a Hungarian version of the name '' George''. Some notable people with this given name: * György Alexits, as a Hungarian mathematician * György Almásy, Hungarian asiologist, traveler, zoologist and ethnographer, father of Lászl ...

as Bendics *

Gábor Rajnay Gábor Rajnay (born Gábor Rezső Árpád György Uros Imre Joanovics; 11 May 1895 – 10 July 1961) was a Hungarian film actor. Selected filmography * ''The Officer's Swordknot'' (1915) * ''Faun'' (1918) * '' Number 111'' (1919) * '' Yamata'' ...

as Láng Zsigmond *

János Rajz János Rajz (born János Reisz February 13, 1907 – July 20, 1981) was a Hungarian stage, film and television actor. Early life Rajz was born in Budapest in 1907 and attended Hódmezővásárhely Grammar School, and had aspirations of bec ...

as Csermák Vince

References

Bibliography

* Balski, Grzegorz . ''Directory of Eastern European Film-makers and Films 1945-1991''. Flicks Books, 1992. * Liehm, Mira & Liehm, Antonín J. ''The Most Important Art: Soviet and Eastern European Film After 1945''. University of California Press, 1980. * Ostrowska, Dorota, Pitassio, Francesco & Varga, Zsuzsanna. ''Popular Cinemas in East Central Europe: Film Cultures and Histories''. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2017

External links

* 1955 films 1950s Hungarian-language films 1955 drama films Hungarian drama films Hungarian black-and-white films Films shot at Hunnia Studios Films directed by Viktor Gertler {{Hungary-film-stub