''Guard House Number 5'' (Hungarian: ''Az 5-ös számú örház'') is a 1942 Hungarian

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directed by

Frigyes Bán Frigyes Bán (19 June 1902 – 30 September 1969) was a Hungary, Hungarian film director. His wife was the actresÉva Vass (1933-2019) Selected filmography * ''One Night in Transylvania'' (1941) * ''Háry János (1941 film), Háry János'' (1941 ...

and starring

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, Pál Jávor and

Miklós Hajmássy Miklós Hajmássy (1900–1990) was a Hungarian stage and film actor.Nemeskürty & Szántó p.84 A prominent actor of the Horthy era, he emigrated to Argentina following the Second World War where he was active with the Hungarian National Theatre ...

. Kulcsár & Veress p.39 It was shot at the

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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Synopsis

András, a

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worker, is suspected of murdering his wife's Zsuzsa former lover after a corpse is found on the track. The man had paid a visit in his absence to the guard house where the couple live

Cast

as Zsuzsa * Pál Jávor as András *

as Török Kálmán - jegyzõ *

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 Kasza Péter *

Imre Toronyi Imre Toronyi (1888–1952) was a Hungarian stage actor, stage and film actor. A character actor, he appeared in a number of supporting roles in Hungarian cinema of the 1930s and 1940s. He featured in the 1942 Neorealism (art), neorealist film ''Pe ...

as Vizsgálóbíró *

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as Vendég a bálon * Gusztáv Harasztos as Orvos * Lajos Kelemen as Csendõr *

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as Vizsgálóbíró *

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 Irnok *

Gusztáv Vándory Gusztáv Vándory (6 December 1882 – 16 November 1964) was a Hungarian stage and film actor. He was born and died in Budapest. Selected filmography * ''Lili'' (1918) * '' Yamata'' (1919) * '' Neither at Home or Abroad'' (1919) * '' Veszélyben ...

as Állomásfõnök *

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* Ferenc Járay

References

Bibliography

* Balski, Grzegorz. ''Directory of Eastern European Film-makers and Films 1945–1991''. Flicks Books, 1992. * Juhász, István. ''Kincses magyar filmtár 1931–1944: az eredeti forgatókönyvből 1931 és 1944 között létrejött hazai mozgóképekről''. Kráter, 2007. * Kulcsár, István Karcsai & Veress József. ''Magyar filmkalauz: negyven év száz magyar nagyjátékfilmje''. Magyar Filmintézet, 1985. * Rîpeanu, Bujor. (ed.) ''International Directory of Cinematographers, Set- and Costume Designers in Film: Hungary (from the beginnings to 1988)''. Saur, 1981.

External links

* 1942 films Hungarian drama films 1940s Hungarian-language films 1942 drama films Hungarian black-and-white films Films shot at Hunnia Studios Films directed by Frigyes Bán 1942 mystery films Hungarian mystery films {{Hungary-film-stub hu:5-ös számú őrház