''Oliver Twist'' (Hungarian: ''Twist Olivér'') is a 1919 Hungarian silent

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...

directed by

Márton Garas Márton Garas (1881–1930) was a Hungary, Hungarian film director. Selected filmography Director * ''Three Weeks (1917 film), Három het'' (1917) * ''Anna Karenina (1918 film), Anna Karenina'' (1918) * ''Oliver Twist (1919 film), Oliver Twist'' ...

and starring Tibor Lubinszky, Emil Fenyvessy and Jenő Törzs. It is an adaptation of the 1838 novel '' Oliver Twist'' by

Charles Dickens Charles John Huffam Dickens (; 7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian e ...

.Laura Horak, ''Girls Will Be Boys: Cross-Dressed Women, Lesbians, and American Cinema, 1908-1934'' (Rutgers University Press, 2016).

Plot summary

Cast

* Tibor Lubinszky - Olivér * Emil Fenyvessy - Brownlow * Jenő Törzs - Monks * László Z. Molnár - Fagin * Sári Almási - Nancy * József Hajdú - Bumble *

Marcsa Simon Marcsa Simon (born Mária Cecília Simon 21 November 1882 – 8 January 1954) was a Hungarian actress. She was born in Tápiószele and died in Budapest. Selected filmography * '' Miska the Magnate'' (1916) * '' St. Peter's Umbrella'' (1917) * ...

- Bumblené *

Gyula Szőreghy Gyula Szőreghy (30 November 1887 – 22 December 1942) was a Hungarian film actor. Szőreghy was born in Algyo, Austria-Hungary (now, Hungary) and died in 1942 in Budapest. He was also credited as Julius von Szöreghy. Selected filmography * ...

- Sikes *

Ernő Verebes Ernő Verebes (born Ernst Weiss, December 6, 1902 – June 13, 1971) was a Hungarian-American actor who began his career in Hungarian silent films in 1915. During his film career he worked and lived in Hungary, Germany and in the United States. ...

- 1. tolvaj * Dezső Radány - 2. tolvaj * Margit von Banlaky - Róza

References

Bibliography

* Cunningham, John. ''Hungarian Cinema: From Coffee House to Multiplex''. Wallflower Press, 2004.

External links

* 1919 films Hungarian silent films Hungarian drama films 1910s Hungarian-language films Films directed by Márton Garas Films based on Oliver Twist Films set in England Films set in London Hungarian black-and-white films 1919 drama films Silent drama films {{Hungary-film-stub