''At Midnight'' (Hungarian: ''Éjfélkor'') is a 1957 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

György Révész György Révész (1927–2003) was a Hungarian screenwriter and film director. Selected filmography Director * '' Before Midnight'' (1957) * '' Danger on the Danube'' (1961) * '' Fagyosszentek'' (1962) * '' Kakuk Marci'' (1973) * ''The Pendrago ...

and starring

Éva Ruttkai Éva Ruttkai (31 December 1927 – 27 September 1986) was a Hungarian actress, well known from her work on stage, cinema, and television productions. She was the wife of Miklós Gábor, and later Zoltán Latinovits. Life Éva Ruttkai (born Év ...

Miklós Gábor Miklós Gábor (7 April 1919 – 2 July 1998) was a Hungarian actor, most remembered for his roles in films ''Valahol Európában'' and ''Mágnás Miska''. He was husband to Éva Ruttkai, and later Éva Vass. Miklós Gábor was born 7 Ap ...

and Zsuzsa Bánki.Portuges p.152 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 ...

Budapest Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population ...

. The film's sets were designed by the art director Melinda Vasáry. It was screened at the

1958 Venice Film Festival The 19th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 24 August to 7 September 1958. Jury * Jean Grémillon (France) (head of jury) * Carlos Fernández Cuenca (Spain) * Piero Gadda Conti (Italy) * Alberto Lattuada (Italy) * Hidemi ...

Selected cast

as Dékány Viktória *

as Károlyi János * Zsuzsa Bánki as Ági * István Rozsos as Emil *

Ferenc Baracsi Ferenc () is a given name of Hungarian origin. It is a cognate of Francis, Francisco, Francesco, François, Frank and Franz. People with the name include: * Ferenc Batthyány, Hungarian magnate and general * Ferenc Berényi, Hungarian artist ...

as Róbert *

Mária Sívó Mária is a Hungarian and Slovak form of Maria (given name) or Mary (given name). * The name is found in the Mária Valéria Bridge between Hungary and Slovakia on the middle of the bridge named after Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria and ma ...

as Viki mamája * Blanka Péchy as Ella néni *

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 Jakab bácsi * János Õsi as Szirtes Miklós *

Margit Árpád Margit Árpád (1903–1980) was a Hungarian stage actor, who also made occasional film appearances. https://www.hangosfilm.hu/filmenciklopedia/arpad-margit She featured at the various theatres in the capital Budapest and elsewhere. During the ea ...

as Zongorázó hölgy

References

Bibliography

* Liehm, Mira & Liehm, Antonín J. ''The Most Important Art: Soviet and Eastern European Film After 1945''. University of California Press, 1980. * Portuges, Catherine. ''Screen Memories: The Hungarian Cinema of Márta Mészáros''. Indiana University Press, 1993.

External links

* 1957 films Hungarian drama films 1950s Hungarian-language films 1957 drama films Hungarian black-and-white films Films directed by György Révész Films shot at Hunnia Studios {{Hungary-film-stub