''Prince Bob'' (Hungarian: ''Bob herceg'') is a 1941 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 Hungary. ...

and starring László Szilassy, Erzsi Simor and

Gábor Rajnay Gábor Rajnay (born Gábor Rezső Árpád György Uros Imre Joanovics; 11 May 1895 – 10 July 1961) was a Hungarian film actor. Selected filmography * ''The Officer's Swordknot'' (1915) * ''Faun'' (1918) * '' Number 111'' (1919) * '' Yamata'' ...

.https://port.hu/adatlap/film/tv/bob-herceg-bob-herceg/movie-43860 An

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, it is an adaptation of the 1902 operetta ''

Prince Bob ''Prince Bob'' (''Bob herceg'') is an operetta in three acts by Jenő Huszka. The libretto was written by Ferenc Martos and Károly Bakonyi. Performance history The operetta premiered on 20 December 1902 at Népszínház in Budapest, Hungary an ...

'' composed by

Jenő Huszka Jenő Huszka (a.k.a. german: Eugen Huszka; 24 April 1875, Szeged – 2 February 1960, Budapest) was a Hungarian composer of operettas. Life At the age of 5, he had his first performance – nicely played violin. He studied composition at ...

. It was shot at the Hunnia Studios in

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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Imre Sörés.

Synopsis

Igor, the heir to a

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, qgoes around incognito under the name Bob. He falls in love with Annie, a

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's daughter. He tries to prevent her being married off to one her debt-ridden mother's creditors.

Cast

* László Szilassy as Igor - Luxoria hercege * Erzsi Simor as Xénia Viktória hercegnõ * Kató Kovács as Annie *

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as Nagyhercegnõ *

as Pomponius magister * Zoltán Makláry as Levendula Kajetán *

Zoltán Greguss Zoltán Greguss (May 10, 1904 – December 20, 1987) was a Hungarian film actor. Selected filmography * '' Az én lányom nem olyan'' (1937) - Fekete Ferenc * ''300.000 pengö az utcán'' (1937) - Máté Egon * ''A falu rossza'' (1938) - Gönd� ...

as Félix - gárdakapitány * Jenö Danis as Violin Péter Pál * Tivadar Bilicsi as Ceremóniamester * Pál Vessely as Karmester * Lajos Kelemen as Bellania titkosügynöke * György Nagyajtay as NárciszNéró, Xénia megbízottja *

Gusztáv Vándory Gusztáv Vándory (6 December 1882 – 16 November 1964) was a Hungarian stage and film actor. He was born and died in Budapest. Selected filmography * ''Lili'' (1918) * '' Yamata'' (1919) * '' Neither at Home or Abroad'' (1919) * '' Veszélyben ...

as Miniszter * Gyözö Kabók as Kerekszappan-fõzõ mester * Edit Mészáros as Udvarhölgy * Géza Berczy as Kapuõr *

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as Ifjú polgár * István Falussy as Miniszter * György Gozmány as Statiszta * Erzsébet Medgyesy as Vendég a mézesboltban *

László Misoga László () is a Hungarian male given name and surname after the King-Knight Saint Ladislaus I of Hungary (1077–1095). It derives from Ladislav, a variant of Vladislav. Other versions are Lessl or Laszly. The name has a history of being freque ...

as Bonifác * Ila Nagy as Mosólány * Iván Ruttkay as Borbélyinas *

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as Boldogságügyi miniszter * Lajos Sugár as Bellaniai miniszter *

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as Harangozó *

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as Kikiáltó * György Hajnal as öreg halász * Ferenc Pataki as Udvari hivatalnok * Dezsõ Pártos as Céhmester * Pál Zilahi as Plelykáló férfi

References

Bibliography

* Balski, Grzegorz . ''Directory of Eastern European Film-makers and Films 1945-1991''. Flicks Books, 1992. * 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

* 1941 films Hungarian musical films 1940s Hungarian-language films 1941 musical films Hungarian black-and-white films Films shot at Hunnia Studios Films directed by László Kalmár Operetta films Films based on operettas Hungarian historical films 1940s historical films Films set in the 1680s Films scored by Szabolcs Fényes {{Hungary-film-stub