''Princess of the Puszta'' (Hungarian: ''Pusztai királykisasszony'') is a 1939 Hungarian
romantic
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** Romantic music, of that era
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drama film directed by Béla Csepreghy and starring
Éva Szörényi
Éva Szörényi (Born Elvira Schwáb; May 26, 1917 – December 1, 2009) was a Kossuth Prize-winning actress of the Hungarian National Theatre. Her acting career started in the early 1930s playing leading roles in over 20 motion pictures, a resu ...
,
Sándor Szabó and
Gyula Csortos.
[Cunningham p.45] The film's sets were designed by the
art director
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It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...
József Pán.
Location shooting took place around
Hortobágy.
Synopsis
Foreign students at a Hungarian
boarding school
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enjoy romantic courtships with their Hungarian counterparts.
Cast
*
Éva Szörényi
Éva Szörényi (Born Elvira Schwáb; May 26, 1917 – December 1, 2009) was a Kossuth Prize-winning actress of the Hungarian National Theatre. Her acting career started in the early 1930s playing leading roles in over 20 motion pictures, a resu ...
as Balajthay Erzsike
*
Sándor Szabó as John MacPercy
*
Gyula Csortos as Balajthay Gábor
*
Karola Zala as Rosenburgi anyakirálynõ
*
Miklós Hajmássy as Jeromos herceg, régens
*
György Kürthy
György Kürthy (24 February 1882 – 27 December 1972) was a Hungarian actor, scenographer, writer and director of the theatre.
Biography
He maturated in Budapest, then moved to Munich where he learnt architecture. His first theatrical perform ...
as Udvarmester Rosenburgban
*
Lajos Boray
Lajos () is a Hungarian masculine given name, cognate to the English Louis. People named Lajos include:
Hungarian monarchs:
* Lajos I, 1326-1382 (ruled 1342-1382)
* Lajos II, 1506-1526 (ruled 1516-1526)
In Hungarian politics:
* Lajos Aulic ...
as Udvari titkár
*
Tivadar Bilicsi as Robicsek
*
Zoltán Várkonyi as Diáktitkár
*
Lajos Sugár as Rektor
*
Valéria Hidvéghy as Julis, Balajthyék szobalánya
*
Zoltán Makláry as Fényképész
*
Erzsi Orsolya
Erzsi Orsolya (1901–1984) was a Hungarian stage, film and television actress. Székely & Gajdó p.673-75 A character actress, she appeared regularly in supporting roles on screen from the mid-1930s onwards.
Selected filmography
* '' Be True U ...
as Cigányasszony
*
Ilona Dajbukát
Ilona Dajbukát (1892–1976) was a Hungarian actress of Armenian ancestry.
Selected filmography
* '' Kiss Me, Darling'' (1932)
* ''Spring Shower'' (1932)
* '' Address Unknown'' (1935)
* ''The Students of Igloi'' (1935)
* '' Kind Stepmother'' ( ...
as Zsófi néni, csárdás
*
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 Pedellus
*
Marcsa Simon as Mikulásné, dajkája
*
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 Orvos
*
József Kürthy
József Kürthy (14 July 1881 – 18 June 1939) was a Hungarian actor. He was born in Szatmárnémeti, Austria-Hungary (now Satu Mare, Romania) and died in Budapest.
Selected filmography
* ''The Village Rogue'' (1916)
* '' St. Peter's Umbrella'' ...
as Tanfelügyelõ
References
Bibliography
* Cunningham, John. ''Hungarian Cinema: From Coffee House to Multiplex''. Wallflower Press, 2004.
* 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
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1939 films
Hungarian drama films
1930s Hungarian-language films
1939 drama films
Hungarian black-and-white films
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