''Lóránd Fráter'' (Hungarian: ''Fráter Loránd'') is a 1942 Hungarian

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directed by

László Kalmár László Kalmár ( ; 27 March 1905, Edde – 2 August 1976, Mátraháza) was a Hungarian mathematician and Professor at the University of Szeged. Kalmár is considered the founder of mathematical logic and theoretical computer science in Hun ...

and starring Antal Páger, László Szilassy and Bea Goll. Rîpeanu p.189 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 Art director is a title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, live-action and animated film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supe ...

József Simoncsics József Simoncsics (1908–1992) was a Hungarian art director. Rîpeanu p.128 He designed the film sets for a number of Hungarian productions during the 1930s and 1940s while based at the Hunnia Studios in Budapest. Selected filmography * ''Istva ...

Synopsis

A young actor is playing the role of the famous

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Lóránd Fráter Lóránd Fráter (1872, Șimian, Bihor - 1930) was a Hungarian composer of Nóta despite not being of the Romani people. He was also a politician. He was a major songwriter of the early 20th century. He was depicted by Antal Páger (actor), Antal ...

in a theatre production. This impresses Pannika, but her mother who knew the real composer and was courted by her years before, considers him to be a fraud. The actor tries to pretend that he is really the son of the composer, who is then drawn into his efforts to woo Pannika.

Cast

* Antal Páger as A nótalelkü Fráter lóránd * László Szilassy as Sárossy Laci, ál Fráter lóránd * Bea Goll as Pannika, Bálint lánya *

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as Zsuzsi, Bálint felesége * Gerö Mály as Felleghy Tihamér, a ripacs színiigazgató *

Ilona Kökény Ilona Kökény (7 April 1891 - 1 July 1947) was a Hungarian actress. She appeared in more than forty films from 1918 to 1944. Selected filmography References External links * 1891 births 1947 deaths Hungarian film actresses { ...

as Felleghyné *

Zoltán Makláry Zoltán Makláry (16 April 1896, Budapest – 12 July 1978, Budapest) was a Hungarian stage and film actor. He was awarded the Kossuth Prize. Selected filmography * '' Stars of Eger'' (1923) * '' The Blue Idol'' (1931) * '' Hyppolit, the Bu ...

as Tóni a békebeli 'fõúr' *

Nusi Somogyi Nusi Somogyi (born Anna Irén Somogyi; March 3, 1890 – October 8, 1963) was a Hungarian film and stage actress. Biography Somogyi was the daughter of master brewer István Somogyi Hollósi and Anna Mesterházy. She studied at the Deák tér Re ...

as Tercsi *

Gyula Szöreghy Gyula may refer to: * Gyula (title), Hungarian leader title in the 9th–10th centuries * Gyula (name), Hungarian male given name, derived from the title ; People * Gyula II, the Hungarian ''gyula'' who ruled Transylvania in the 10th-century and ...

as a Fráter Lóránd asztaltársaság tagja * Ila Nagy as Színésznõ *

Emmi Nagy Emmi may refer to: People *Emmi (Australian singer), singer-songwriter and voice of Blind Pig *Emmi (Finnish singer), a Finnish singer-songwriter * Emmi Buttykay (1911–1957), a Hungarian actress *Emmi Dölling (1906–1990), a Czechoslovak/German ...

as Színésznõ *

Andor Ajtay Andor Ajtay (1903–1975) was a Hungarian Kossuth Prize-winning (1954) actor. Selected filmography * '' Lady Seeks a Room'' (1937) * ''I Defended a Woman'' (1938) * '' Two Girls on the Street'' (1939) * '' Unknown Opponent'' (1940) * '' Sile ...

as Bálint, fõszolgabíró * Sári Károlyi as Színésznõ *

Sándor Tompa Sándor Tompa (1903–1969) was a Hungarian film and stage actor. He was born in Transylvania, part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire which was ceded to Romania after the First World War and acted in the Hungarian language theatre in Cluj.Bíró p. ...

as Színész *

Béla Venczel Béla may refer to: * Béla (crater), an elongated lunar crater * Béla (given name), a common Hungarian male given name See also * Bela (disambiguation) * Belá (disambiguation) * Bělá (disambiguation) Bělá may refer to: Places in the Cze ...

as Színész *

László Misoga László Misoga (1895–1969) was a Hungarian film actor, film and stage actor.''The New York Times Film Reviews, Volume 3''. New York Times, 1939. p.1694 Later in his career he also appeared in television productions. Misoga was a prolific charac ...

as Színész *

Gyula Szabó Gyula Szabó (15 July 1930 – 4 April 2014) was a Hungarians, Hungarian actor. He won two Mari Jászai Prizes. He appeared in forty movies between 1953 and 2002. He is best known for appearing in movies such as ''Ifjú szívvel'' (1953), ...

as Színész *

György Gonda György () is a Hungarian version of the name ''George''. Some notable people with this given name: * György Alexits (1899–1978), Hungarian mathematician * György Almásy (1867–1933), Hungarian asiologist, traveler, zoologist and ethnogr ...

as Inas *

Mária Keresztessy Mária Keresztessy (1908–1977) was a Hungarian stage, film and television actress.Székely & Gajdó p.541 She appeared at a variety of theatres across Hungary. In film and television she appeared in supporting roles as a character actress. Sele ...

as Színésznõ

References

Bibliography

* Juhász, István. ''Kincses magyar filmtár 1931–1944: az eredeti forgatókönyvből 1931 és 1944 között létrejött hazai mozgóképekről''. Kráter, 2007. * 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 comedy films 1940s Hungarian-language films 1942 comedy films Hungarian black-and-white films Films shot at Hunnia Studios Films directed by László Kalmár {{1940s-Hungary-film-stub