István Nagy (1909–1976) was a Hungarian

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and

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.Petrucci p.529 He starred alongside the actress Katalin Karády in several films. He was born in

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which was then part of the

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, but was subsequently ceded to

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and went to

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and began acting in

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. When Hungary annexed Transylvania in 1940 he moved to

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and appeared onstage at the National Theatre and elsewhere and in films at the city's Hunnia Studios.

Selected filmography

* '' One Night in Transylvania'' (1941) * '' Silenced Bells'' (1941) * '' Deadly Kiss'' (1942) * '' A Heart Stops Beating'' (1942) * '' Mountain Girl'' (1942) * ''

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'' (1942) * '' Suburban Guard Post'' (1943) * '' Black Dawn'' (1943) * '' Masterless Woman'' (1944) * '' A Quiet Home'' (1958) * '' The Moneymaker'' (1964) * ''

Irány Mexikó! ''Irány Mexikó'' is a 1968 Hungarian television musical film directed by and starring Gyula Bodrogi, Manyi Kiss and Kálmán Latabár. Main cast * Gyula Bodrogi as Gergely Balažs * as Teri Torma * Kálmán Latabár as Csóró * as S ...

'' (1968)

References

Bibliography

* Király, Jenő. ''Karády mítosza és mágiája''. Háttér Lap- és Könyvkiadó, 1989. * Petrucci, Antonio. ''Twenty Years of Cinema in Venice''. International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art, 1952.

External links

* 1909 births 1976 deaths Hungarian male film actors Hungarian male stage actors People from Mureș County Romanian emigrants to Hungary Romanian people of Hungarian descent {{Hungary-actor-stub