''For Whom the Larks Sing'' (Hungarian: ''Akiket a pacsirta elkísér'') is a 1959 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

László Ranódy László Ranódy (14 September 1919 – 14 October 1983) was a Hungarian film director. He directed 18 films between 1950 and 1980. His film '' Drama of the Lark'' was entered into the 1964 Cannes Film Festival. Selected filmography * ''Lo ...

and starring

Géza Tordy Géza Tordy (born 1 May 1938, Budapest) is a Hungarian actor. Selected filmography * ''Suburban Legend'' (1957) * '' Pillar of Salt'' (1958) * '' For Whom the Larks Sing'' (1959) * '' Sleepless Years'' (1959) * '' Danger on the Danube'' (196 ...

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 ...

Erzsi Somogyi Erzsi Somogyi (1906–1973) was a Hungarian stage actress, stage and film actress. Fekete p.546 She was born in Transylvania in what subsequently became Kingdom of Romania, Romania after the First World War. She was active on the stage in Budapest ...

and Antal Páger.Petrie p.256 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 ...

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. The film's sets were designed by the art director József Romvári. It was screened at the 1959 Venice Film Festival.

Cast

* Éva Pap as Julis *

as Varga Sándor *

as Csiszérné * Gábor Agárdi as Csiszér *

as Süléné *

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) * ' ...

as Süle *

Margit Dajka Margit is a feminine given name, a version of Margaret. People bearing the name include: * Margit of Hungary (1175–1223), Empress consort of Isaac II Angelos, Byzantine Emperor * Saint Margit of Hungary (1242–1271), Hungarian nun and princ ...

as Sándor édesanyja * Antal Páger as Tanító *

László Bánhidi László Bánhidi (1906–1984) was a Hungarian actor. Selected filmography * ''Song of the Cornfields'' (1947) * ''Treasured Earth'' (1948) * '' Iron Flower'' (1958) * '' The Smugglers'' (1958) * '' Yesterday'' (1959) * ''I'll Go to the Min ...

as Táltos *

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 Palugyainé

References

Bibliography

* Liehm, Mira & Liehm, Antonín J. ''The Most Important Art: Soviet and Eastern European Film After 1945''. University of California Press, 1980. * Petrie, Graham. ''History Must Answer to Man: The Contemporary Hungarian Cinema''. Corvina Kiadó, 1981. * Rîpeanu, Bujor. (ed.) ''International Directory of Cinematographers, Set- and Costume Designers in Film: Hungary (from the beginnings to 1988)''. Saur, 1981.

External links

* 1959 films 1950s Hungarian-language films 1959 drama films Hungarian drama films Hungarian black-and-white films Films shot at Hunnia Studios Films directed by László Ranódy Films based on Hungarian novels {{Hungary-film-stub