''Magda Expelled'' (Hungarian: ''Magdát kicsapják'') is a 1938 Hungarian

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directed by Ladislao Vajda and starring

Ida Turay Ida Turay (Born Ida Turmayer; 28 September 1907 – 2 June 1997) was a Hungarian film actress. She was the sister of the actress and singer Clara Tabody. Selected filmography * ''Prisoner Number Seven'' (1929) * '' The New Relative'' (1934) * ...

Klári Tolnay Klári Tolnay (born Rozália Klára Tolnay; 17 July 1914 – 27 October 1998) was a Hungarian actress. She received the Kossuth Prize in 1951 and 1952. Life Klári Tolnay (born Rózsi Tolnay) was born on 17 July 1914 in Budapest, as the da ...

and Antal Páger.Reich & Garofalo p.155 The film was based on a play. In 1940 it was remade in Italy as '' Maddalena, Zero for Conduct'' with some changes (such as the recipient of the letter being from

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rather than

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Synopsis

A schoolgirl accidentally sends a love letter written by one of her female teachers to a handsome lawyer in

, leading to a series of misunderstandings which are eventually resolved.

Cast

as Lévay Magda *

as Makray Erzsébet, the teacher of commercial correspondence * Antal Páger as Alfred Harvey *

György Nagy György Nagy (21 December 1926 – 7 September 2004) was a Hungarian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known a ...

as Horvay István, Harvey's nephew * Piri Peéry as the school director *

Sándor Góth Sándor is a Hungarian given name and surname. It is the Hungarian form of Alexander. It may refer to: People Given name * Sándor Apponyi (1844–1925) was a Hungarian diplomat, bibliophile, bibliographer and great book collector * Sándor B ...

as the chemistry teacher *

Gyula Gózon Gyula Gózon (19 April 1885 – 8 October 1972) was a Hungarian actor and comedian. Life Gyula Gózon was born on 19 April 1885, in Érsekújvár, but grew up in Esztergom. With the mentoring of his brother, he could fulfill his dream of lea ...

as Magda's father * Márta Fónay as a student * Valéria Hidvéghy as a student *

Gerő Mály Gerő Mály (1884–1952) was a Hungarian film actor who appeared in over sixty films during his career, generally in supporting roles. Mály starred in the 1929 German film ''Melody of the Heart'', the first sound film released by the German stu ...

as the janitor * Erzsi Pártos as a student * Kató Fényes * Judith Laszlo *

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Magda Révfalvy Magda is a feminine given name, sometimes a short form (hypocorism) of names such as Magdalena, which may refer to: * Magda Apanowicz (born 1985), Canadian actress * Magda B. Arnold (1903–2002), Czechoslovakian-born American psychologist * Magd ...

Lili Szász ''Lili'' is a 1953 American film released by MGM. It stars Leslie Caron as a touchingly naïve French girl whose emotional relationship with a carnival puppeteer is conducted through the medium of four puppets. The film won the Academy Award for ...

* István Dózsa * István Falussy * Aranka Hahnel *

Gusztáv Harasztos Gusztáv is the Hungraian variant of the given name Gustav and may refer to: *Gusztáv Batthyány (1803–1883), Hungarian nobleman who bred horses in England where he was commonly known as Count Batthyány *Gusztáv Gratz (1875–1946), Hungarian p ...

Gyula Justh Gyula Justh (13 January 1850 – 9 October 1917) was a Hungarian jurist and politician, who served as Speaker of the House of Representatives between 1905 and 1909. Biography He was born in Necpál, Turóc County (today: ''Necpaly, Slovaki ...

* Terus Kováts * Márta Lendvay *

Sándor Pethes Sándor Pethes (28 May 1899 – 29 June 1981) was a Hungarian actor. Selected filmography * '' Rongyosok'' (1925) * '' Átok vára'' (1927) * '' Csak egy kislány van a világon'' (1930) * '' A kék bálvány'' (1931) * '' Spring Shower'' (193 ...

Mária Román Mária is a Hungarian and Slovak form of Maria (given name) or Mary (given name). * The name is found in the Mária Valéria Bridge between Hungary and Slovakia on the middle of the bridge named after Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria and may ...

* Zsuzsa Simon * Irén Sitkey * Éva Somogyi * Mária Szemlér

References

Bibliography

* Reich, Jacqueline & Garofalo, Piero. ''Re-viewing Fascism: Italian Cinema, 1922-1943''. Indiana University Press, 2002.

External links

* 1938 films Hungarian comedy films 1938 comedy films 1930s Hungarian-language films Films directed by Ladislao Vajda Films set in Hungary Films set in London Hungarian films based on plays Hungarian black-and-white films {{Hungary-film-stub