''Lili'' ( hu, Egy Nagymama naplójából) is a 1917 Hungarian comedy film directed by Cornelius Hintner. The film was first shown on 21 October 1917 at the Urania Theater in Budapest.Bela Lugosi: Dreams and Nightmares by Gary D. Rhodes, with Richard Sheffield, (2007) Collectables/Alpha Video Publishers, ISBN 0-9773798-1-7 (hardcover) Some sources list Bela Lugosi in the cast, but that is unverified.

Cast

In alphabetical order * Ida Andorffy as Lili as a young woman * Klára Peterdy as Lili as an older woman * Sándor Góth * Richard Kornay as Br. de la Grange * Ila Lóth as Antoinin *

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(credited as Károly Huszár) * Zoltán Szerémy * Gusztáv Turán as René * Károly Ujvári as Saint Hypothese *

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Production

The film is a comedy in four acts based on

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of the same name. As late as September 1917, promotional material for the film claimed that Arisztid Olt (later known as Bela Lugosi) played Plinchard at both the younger and elder stage of his life. Advertisements and reviews of ''Lili''s preview at the Uránia in Budapest in October 1917 have

in the role of Plinchard/Tábornok. a 1918 issue of the ''Mozihét Kino-Woche'' published a series of pictures showing Vándory as Plinchard. Lugosi is not seen in any of the images. Gary Rhodes, a Lugosi biographer stated in 2020 that "there is no compelling evidence that Lugosi appeared in ''Lili''."

Release and reception

''Lili'' was screened for two weeks at Budapest's Coros Theater, an unprecedented amount of time.

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* 1917 films 1917 comedy films Hungarian black-and-white films Hungarian silent feature films Hungarian films based on plays Hungarian comedy films 1917 Austro-Hungarian films Silent comedy films {{Hungary-film-stub