''At the Crossroads'' (Hungarian: ''Keresztúton'') is a 1942 Hungarian
drama film directed by
Viktor Bánky
Viktor Bánky (17 January 1899 – 13 March 1967) was a Hungarian film editor and director.
Selected filmography
Editor
* '' A Night in Venice'' (1934)
* '' Where the Lark Sings'' (1936)
* ''Fräulein Veronika'' (1936)
* '' Sein letztes Modell'' ...
and starring
Klári Tolnay
Klári Tolnay (born Rozália Klára Tolnay; 17 July 1914 – 27 October 1998) was a Hungarian actress. She received the Kossuth Prize in 1951 and 1952.
Life
Klári Tolnay (born Rózsi Tolnay) was born on 17 July 1914 in Budapest, as the da ...
,
Andor Ajtay and
Vera Sennyei
Vera may refer to:
Names
*Vera (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name)
*Vera (given name), a given name (including a list of people and fictional characters with the name)
**Vera (), archbishop of the archdiocese of Tarrag ...
.
[Juhász p.122] It was shot at the
Hunnia Studios in
Budapest. 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 Simoncsics
József Simoncsics (1908–1992) was a Hungarian art director. Rîpeanu p.128 He designed the film sets for a number of Hungarian productions during the 1930s and 1940s while based at the Hunnia Studios in Budapest.
Selected filmography
* '' Ist ...
.
Synopsis
Raised in difficult circumstances, a young woman turns to her prosperous uncle to secure her a job as a
typist Typist is a person who types, a clerical worker who writes documents, using a typewriter.
Skills and occupations
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* Audio typist, someone ...
. However, at her uncle's house she meets and falls in love with her cousin's
fiancee.
Cast
*
Klári Tolnay
Klári Tolnay (born Rozália Klára Tolnay; 17 July 1914 – 27 October 1998) was a Hungarian actress. She received the Kossuth Prize in 1951 and 1952.
Life
Klári Tolnay (born Rózsi Tolnay) was born on 17 July 1914 in Budapest, as the da ...
as Edit
*
Margit Ladomerszky as Mama
*
Vera Sennyei
Vera may refer to:
Names
*Vera (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name)
*Vera (given name), a given name (including a list of people and fictional characters with the name)
**Vera (), archbishop of the archdiocese of Tarrag ...
as Irma
*
Erzsi Orsolya
Erzsi Orsolya (1901–1984) was a Hungarian stage, film and television actress. Székely & Gajdó p.673-75 A character actress, she appeared regularly in supporting roles on screen from the mid-1930s onwards.
Selected filmography
* '' Be True U ...
as Bartáné
*
László Perényi as Guszti
*
Andor Ajtay as Nedeczky
*
Artúr Somlay
Artúr Somlay (28 February 1883, in Budapest – 10 November 1951, in Budapest) was a Hungarian stage and film actor.
Selected filmography
* '' Today and Tomorrow'' (1912)
* ''Faun'' (1918)
* ''Princess Woronzoff'' (1920)
* '' The Clan'' (1920)
* ...
as Attornay
*
Imre Toronyi as Professzor
*
Karola Zala as Klementin, Attovayék rokona
*
Béla Vizi
Béla may refer to:
* Béla (crater), an elongated lunar crater
* Béla (given name), a common Hungarian male given name
See also
* Bela (disambiguation)
* Belá (disambiguation)
* Bělá (disambiguation) Bělá, derived from ''bílá'' (''whit ...
as Dr. Attovay Tamás
*
Kató Donáth as Irattáros a bankban
*
Anni Eisen as vendég Attovaynál
*
István Falussy as Erdélyi vendéglõs
*
Gyula Ignáth Gyula may refer to:
* Gyula (title), Hungarian title of the 9th–10th century
* Gyula (name), Hungarian male given name, derived from the title
; People
* Gyula II, the ''gyula'' who was baptized in Constantinople around 950
* Gyula III, the ''g ...
as Marcell, cégvezetõ
*
Angela Christian
Angela Christian is an American actress and singer.
Career
Christian trained at the Boston Conservatory. In 2000, she made her Broadway debut as Lily in Richard Nelson's ''James Joyce's The Dead''. In 2004, she made her West End debut creating t ...
as Nedeczky Marika
*
Kató Donáth as Irattáros a bankban
*
Anni Eisen as vendég Attovaynál
*
István Falussy as Erdélyi vendéglõs
*
Gyula Ignáth Gyula may refer to:
* Gyula (title), Hungarian title of the 9th–10th century
* Gyula (name), Hungarian male given name, derived from the title
; People
* Gyula II, the ''gyula'' who was baptized in Constantinople around 950
* Gyula III, the ''g ...
as Marcell, cégvezetõ
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
*
1942 films
Hungarian drama films
1940s Hungarian-language films
1942 drama films
Hungarian black-and-white films
Films directed by Viktor Bánky
Films shot at Hunnia Studios
Films based on Hungarian novels
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