''Full Steam Ahead'' (Hungarian: ''Teljes gözzel'') is a 1951 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-g ...

directed by

Félix Máriássy Félix Máriássy (1919–1975) was a Hungary, Hungarian film editor and film director, director. Selected filmography Director * ''Mrs. Szabó'' (1949) * ''Rokonok (1954 film), Rokonok'' (1954) * ''A Glass of Beer'' (1955) * ''The Smugglers ( ...

and starring

Imre Sinkovits Imre Sinkovits (21 September 1928 in Budapest – 18 January 2001 in Budapest) was a Hungarian actor. Career After a year in Downtown Theatre and another in Youth Theatre, in 1949 he got a job in National Theatre, where he stayed until ...

Marcsa Simon Marcsa Simon (born Mária Cecília Simon 21 November 1882 – 8 January 1954) was a Hungarian actress. She was born in Tápiószele and died in Budapest. Selected filmography * '' Miska the Magnate'' (1916) * '' St. Peter's Umbrella'' (1917) * ...

and

Ferenc Bessenyei Ferenc Bessenyei (10 February 1919 – 27 December 2004) was a Hungarian actor and singer. He began his career in the choir at National Theatre of Szeged in 1940 and became one of Hungary's most respected stage performers. As singer he appe ...

.Liehm & Liehm p.152 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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and in the city of Miskolc. The film's sets were designed by the

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Imre Sörés Imre Sörés (1907–1986) was a Hungarian art director. Hayes p.125 & 132 He worked in the Hungarian film industry designing film sets for productions from the Horthy era to the postwar Communist period, generally at the Hunnia Studios in Buda ...

Synopsis

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workers in Communist Hungary triumphantly meet their production plans.

Cast

as Szabó Sándor *

as Szabó néni *

as Pongrácz * Ilona Kiss as Pongráczné * László Horváth as Pongrácz kisfia *

János Görbe János Görbe born as Görbe János (November 12, 1912, Jászárokszállás - September 5, 1968, Budapest) was a prominent Hungarian actor of film and theater. He was the father of actress Nóra Görbe, star of the popular 80's TV series, "Lind ...

as Patkós õrnagy *

Tibor Bodor Tibor Bodor (11 February 1921 – 20 July 2000) was a Hungarian actor. Biography Bodor was born in Kiskunhalas. After finishing his studies at Academy of Drama and Film in Budapest, he worked for the Theatre of the Town in Szeged. In 1942 he ...

as Holló, párttitkár * Etelka Selényi as Fábri, Éva *

Imre Ráday Imre Ráday (4 September 1905 – 12 March 1983) was a Hungarian film actor. Ráday was born in Budapest, then part of Austria-Hungary and died in Budapest, Hungary in 1983. Selected filmography * ''The Trial of Donald Westhof'' (1927) * '' The ...

as Berkes mérnök *

István Szegedi Szabó 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 k ...

as Pásztor *

Miklós Szakáts Miklós Szakáts (30 April 1920 – 22 October 1984) was a Hungarian actor. He appeared in more than forty films from 1943 to 1969. Selected filmography References External links * 1920 births 1984 deaths Hungarian male film acto ...

as Molnár *

János Makláry János or Janos may refer to: * János, male Hungarian given name, a variant of John Places * Janos Municipality, a municipality of Chihuahua ** Janos, Chihuahua, town in Mexico ** Janos Biosphere Reserve, a nature reserve in Chihuahua * Janos ...

as Faragó * Oszkár Ascher as Farkas *

Lajos Mányai 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 Mr.Knock *

John Bartha János Bartha (6 February 1915 – 1991), better known as John Bartha, was a Hungarian film actor who appeared primarily in Spaghetti Westerns in the 1960s and 1970s. He is probably most recognizable in western cinema for his role as the Sheriff ...

as Román *

Ilona Dajbukát Ilona Dajbukát (1892–1976) was a Hungarian actress of Armenian ancestry. Selected filmography * '' Kiss Me, Darling'' (1932) * '' Spring Shower'' (1932) * '' Address Unknown'' (1935) * '' The Students of Igloi'' (1935) * '' Kind Stepmother'' ...

as özvegyasszony *

Béla Károlyi Béla Károlyi (; born September 13, 1942) is an ethnic Hungarian Romanian-American gymnastics coach. Early in his coaching career he developed the Romanian centralised training system for gymnastics. One of his earliest protégés was Nadia Co ...

as Balassa * József Képessy as Fekete * József Petrik as Lakatos Pali *

Endre Szemethy Endre is a Hungarian boy name, its origin is from old Turkish, can be given by name and surname. Its English form is Andrew. Endre may refer to: People Hungary Endre is a Hungarian masculine given name. It is a Hungarian form of ''Andrew'' an ...

as Bencze bácsi *

János Zách János Zách (1909–1979) was a Hungarian stage, film and television actor and theatre director. Gergely & Hayward p.351 Selected filmography * '' Tüz'' (1948) * ''Hot Fields'' (1949) * ''The Marriage of Katalin Kis'' (1950) * '' Full Steam Ah ...

as Kenderessy

References

Bibliography

* Liehm, Mira & Liehm, Antonín J. ''The Most Important Art: Soviet and Eastern European Film After 1945''. University of California Press, 1980.

External links

* 1951 films 1950s Hungarian-language films 1951 drama films Hungarian drama films Hungarian black-and-white films Films directed by Félix Máriássy Films shot at Hunnia Studios {{Hungary-film-stub