''Cafe Moscow'' (Hungarian:''Café Moszkva'') is a 1936 Hungarian

adventure film An adventure film is a form of adventure fiction, and is a genre of film. Subgenres of adventure films include swashbuckler films, pirate films, and survival films. Adventure films may also be combined with other film genres such as action, an ...

directed by Steve Sekely and starring

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, Gyula Csortos and Ferenc Kiss.

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was by József Pán. It is also known by the alternative title ''Only One Night''. The film is set during the

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on the Eastern Front between

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and the

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. The film was intended to convey an anti-war message.Nemeskürty & Szántó p.60

Plot summary

Cast

as Verjusa, Szuharov felesége * Gyula Csortos as Szuharov tábornok * Ferenc Kiss as Baklusin szárnysegéd *

Lajos Vértes Lajos () is a Hungarian masculine given name, cognate to the English Louis. People named Lajos include: Hungarian monarchs: * Lajos I, 1326-1382 (ruled 1342-1382) * Lajos II, 1506-1526 (ruled 1516-1526) In Hungarian politics: * Lajos Aulic ...

as Szilágyi fõhadnagy *

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 Bernát Gazsi hadnagy * József Juhász as Kadosa Géza zászlós *

Nusi Somogyi Nusi Somogyi (Born Anna Irén Somogyi; March 3, 1884 – October 8, 1963) was a Hungarian film and stage actress. Selected filmography * ''Harrison and Barrison'' (1917) * '' Mary Ann'' (1918) * ''White Rose'' (1919) * '' Neither at Home or Abro ...

as A Café Moszkva pénztárosnõje *

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as Orosz hadifogoly * Lajos Gárdonyi as Izsák,a csempész *

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as Magyar ezredes *

Manyi Kiss Manyi Kiss (Born Margit Kiss; 12 March 1911 – 24 March 1971) was a Hungarian actress. Career She was born in Magyarlóna, Kolozs County, Hungary ''(now Luna de Sus, Romania)'', to Lajos Kiss and Zsuzsanna Nagy. She acted from 1926 in Cluj ' ...

* Ilona Erdös * István Berend *

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Gyula Szőreghy Gyula Szőreghy (30 November 1887 – 22 December 1942) was a Hungarian film actor. Szőreghy was born in Algyo, Austria-Hungary (now, Hungary) and died in 1942 in Budapest. He was also credited as Julius von Szöreghy. Selected filmography * ...

Gyula Justh Gyula Justh (13 January 1850 – 9 October 1917) was a Hungarian jurist and politician, who served as Speaker of the House of Representatives between 1905 and 1909. Biography He was born in Necpál, Turóc County (today: ''Necpaly, Slovaki ...

Andor Sárossy Andor may refer to: * ''Andor'' (TV series), a television series in the ''Star Wars'' universe **Cassian Andor, the titular character * Andor (''Wheel of Time''), a country in Robert Jordan's ''The Wheel of Time'' novels * Andor Technology, a ...

László Keleti László () is a Hungarian male given name and surname after the King-Knight Saint Ladislaus I of Hungary (1077–1095). It derives from Ladislav, a variant of Vladislav. Other versions are Lessl or Laszly. The name has a history of being freque ...

References

Bibliography

* Cunningham, John. ''Hungarian Cinema: From Coffee House to Multiplex''. Wallflower, 2004. * Nemeskürty, István & Szántó, Tibor. ''A Pictorial Guide to the Hungarian Cinema, 1901-1984''. Helikon, 1985.

External links

* * 1936 films 1936 adventure films 1930s Hungarian-language films Films directed by Steve Sekely Films set in the 1910s World War I films Hungarian black-and-white films {{WWI-film-stub