''Istvan Bors'' (Hungarian: ''Bors István'') is a 1939 Hungarian

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...

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 Antal Páger,

József Bihari József Bihari (1901–1981) was a Hungarian actor. Selected filmography * '' St. Peter's Umbrella'' (1935) * '' My Daughter Is Different'' (1937) * '' All Men Are Crazy'' (1937) * '' The Golden Man'' (1936) * '' The Village Rogue'' (1938) * ' ...

and

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 ...

. Rozenblit p.213 It is based on a 1938 play by Sándor Hunyady, and was screened at the

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. The following year it was remade as an Italian film ''

Big Shoes ''Big Shoes'' (Italian: ''Scarpe grosse'') is a 1940 Italian " white-telephones" comedy film directed by Dino Falconi and starring Amedeo Nazzari, Lilia Silvi and Elena Altieri.Pruzzo & Lancia p.63 It is based on a play by Sándor Hunyady which h ...

'' starring

Amedeo Nazzari Amedeo Nazzari (10 December 1907 in Cagliari – 5 November 1979 in Rome) was an Italian actor. Nazzari was one of the leading figures of Italian classic cinema, often considered a local variant of the Australian–American star Errol Flynn. Al ...

. The film's sets were designed by the

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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 er ...

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 ...

Main cast

* Antal Páger as Bors István * József Bihari as János *

as Ilonka * László Dévényi as Parasztfiú * László Földényi as Ügyvéd * Margit Ladomerszky as Kálmán felesége * Béla Mihályffi as Tulogdy Kálmán *

Ferenc Pethes Ferenc Pethes (1905–1979) was a Hungarian stage and film actor. Bondy p.90 A character actor, he appeared in supporting roles in more than a hundred Hungarian film productions. He also acted in a variety of theatre venues. He was the cousin of ...

as Prakszi *

Sándor Pethes Sándor Pethes (28 May 1899 – 29 June 1981) was a Hungarian actor. Selected filmography * '' Rongyosok'' (1925) * '' Átok vára'' (1927) * '' Csak egy kislány van a világon'' (1930) * '' A kék bálvány'' (1931) * '' Spring Shower'' (193 ...

as Ügyvédbojtár * Lajos Boray as Tiszttartó * Endre C. Turáni as Paraszt * Olga Eszenyi as Kati *

Béla Fáy 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 Võlegény

References

Bibliography

* Judson Rozenblit. ''Constructing Nationalities in East Central Europe''. Berghahn Books, 2005.

External links

* 1939 films 1930s Hungarian-language films Films directed by Viktor Bánky 1939 comedy films Hungarian comedy films {{Hungary-film-stub