''Don Juan's Last Adventure'' (Hungarian: ''Don Juan legutolsó kalandja'') is a 1958 Hungarian

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directed by

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and starring Zoltán Várkonyi,

Margit Bara Margit Bara (21 June 1928 – 25 October 2016) was a Hungarian film actress. She appeared in 25 films between 1956 and 1975. She retired from acting in 1977 and later in 1992 received the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary and in 200 ...

and Antal Páger.Rîpeanu p.34 It was shot at the Hunnia Studios in

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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László Duba.

Synopsis

Suffering under a curse of several hundred years, Don Juan arrives in

in the guise of a South American businessman. He has to charm a new woman to avoid the curse, but Kata refuses to be swayed by any of his practiced tricks at seduction.

Cast

* Zoltán Várkonyi as Don Juan *

as Lukács Kata * Antal Páger as Leporello * György Pálos * Imre Apáthi * Tibor Benedek * Ervin Kibédi *

István Rozsos István () is a Hungarian language equivalent of the name Stephen or Stefan. It may refer to: People with the given name Nobles, palatines and judges royal * Stephen I of Hungary (c. 975–1038), last grand prince of the Hungarians and first ki ...

* János Rajz * Ernö Szabó * Oszkár Ascher * Józsa Hacser *

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 ' ...

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* György Melis * Júlia Osváth * Lajos Tóth

References

Bibliography

* Cunningham, John. ''Hungarian Cinema: From Coffee House to Multiplex''. Wallflower Press, 2004. * Rîpeanu, Bujor. (ed.) ''International Directory of Cinematographers, Set- and Costume Designers in Film: Hungary (from the beginnings to 1988)''. Saur, 1981.

External links

* 1958 films 1950s Hungarian-language films 1958 drama films Hungarian drama films Hungarian black-and-white films Films shot at Hunnia Studios Films directed by Márton Keleti Films set in Budapest {{Hungary-film-stub