''Summer Clouds'' (Hungarian: ''Bolond április'') is a 1957 Hungarian

romantic comedy film Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a subgenre of comedy and slice of life fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount most obstacles. In a typica ...

directed by

Zoltán Fábri Zoltán Fábri (15 October 1917 – 23 August 1994) was a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. His films '' The Boys of Paul Street'' (1969) and ''Hungarians'' (1978) were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. ...

and starring

Marianne Krencsey Marianne Krencsey (9 July 1931 – 30 March 2016) was a Hungarian stage, film and television actress. Life and career Born in Rákoscsaba, Krencsey graduated as a theater director, but she was eventually mainly active as an actress thanks to ...

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and Mária Sulyok. It was shot at the

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Genre

Comedy, romance

Production

The Summer Clouds film was directed by;

. Writen by;

Ferenc Karinthy Ferenc Karinthy (June 2, 1921 – February 29, 1992) was a Hungarian novelist, playwright, journalist, editor and translator, as well as a water polo champion. He authored more than a dozen novels. His father was the writer and journalist Frigyes ...

and Gábor Thurzó produced by István Lénárt. The film was filmed in Hungary by the production company Hunnia filmstúdió.

Cast

as Katinka *

as Gida * Mária Sulyok as Kristófné *

Ági Mednyánszky Aggie may refer to: People * J. C. Agajanian (1913–1984), American motor sports personality * Aggie Beynon, Canadian metalsmith * Aggie Grey (1897–1988), Samoan hotelier born Agnes Genevieve Swann * Agnes Aggie Herring (1876–1939), Ameri ...

as Zsuzsi * Tibor Sallay as Béla *

Gyula Bakos Gyula may refer to: * Gyula (title), Hungarian title of the 9th–10th century * Gyula (name), Hungarian male given name, derived from the title ; People * Gyula II, the ''gyula'' who was baptized in Constantinople around 950 * Gyula III, the ''g ...

as Dr. Bertalan * Noémi Apor as Gizi *

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'' ...

as Rendõrkapitány * Antal Farkas as Rendõr * Éva Vadnai as Utcán sétáló hölgy * Sándor Suka as Sztetelay * Dezsö Garas as Egyetemista *

János Horkay János or Janos may refer to: * János, male Hungarian given name, a variant of John Places * Janos Municipality, a municipality of Chihuahua ** Janos, Chihuahua, town in Mexico ** Janos Biosphere Reserve, a nature reserve in Chihuahua * Janos ...

as Utas

References

Bibliography

* Balski, Grzegorz . ''Directory of Eastern European Film-makers and Films 1945-1991''. Flicks Books, 1992. * Wakeman, John. ''World Film Directors: 1945-1985''. H.W. Wilson, 1987.

External links

* 1957 films Hungarian comedy films 1950s Hungarian-language films 1957 comedy films Hungarian black-and-white films Films directed by Zoltán Fábri Films shot at Hunnia Studios {{Hungary-film-stub