''The Borrowed Castle'' (Hungarian: ''A kölcsönkért kastély'') is a 1937 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 Ladislao Vajda and starring Piroska Vaszary,

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) * ...

and Imre Ráday.Biltereyst, Maltby & Meers p.79 The film's sets were designed by the

art director Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film industry, film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...

Márton Vincze.

Cast

* Piroska Vaszary as Stanci néni *

as Koltay Kató * Imre Ráday as Koltay Bálint *

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 Koltay Gábor * Gyula Kabos as Gruber Menyhért *

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 ...

as Mary *

Márton Rátkai Márton Rátkai (born Mór Márton Fischer; 18 November 1881 – 18 September 1951) was a Hungarian actor and comedian. In 1917 he starred with in the comedy ''Harrison and Barrison'', one of the most popular and best-known Hungarian films of t ...

as Dr. Gruber Sándor * Zoltán Makláry as Gruber Richárd *

Gyula Köváry Gyula Köváry (1884–1967) was a Hungarian stage and film actor and screenwriter. He featured in the Budapest cabaret scene.Bodó p.15 In cinema he appeared in supporting roles from the silent era to the 1950s. After the failed Hungarian Revo ...

as A dadogós Gruber * István Falussy as Az öreg Gruber * Géza Berczy as Az elegáns Gruber * József Juhász as Dr. Vass Ferenc * Zoltán Hosszú as Varga bácsi *

István Egri István () is a Hungarian language equivalent of the name Stephen or Stefan. It may refer to: People with the given name Nobles, palatines and judges royal * Stephen I of Hungary (c. 975–1038), last grand prince of the Hungarians and first ki ...

as Gáldy István * Ferenc Pethes as Jóska *

Gyöngyi Váry Gyöngyi, Gyöngyvér, or Gyöngyvirág are Hungarian feminine given names. They come from the Hungarian word, ''gyöngy,'' which means pearl. Gyöngyvirág means "lily of the valley" and Gyöngyvér was created from "gyöngy" and "testvér" (me ...

as Gruber rokona *

Hilda Gobbi Hilda Emília Gizella Gobbi (6 June 1913 – 13 July 1988) was an award-winning Hungarian actress, known for her portrayals of elderly women. One of her most beloved performances was as Aunt Szabo in the radio soap opera ''The Szabo Family''. A ...

as Gruber Sándor titkárnöje * Lidia Beöthy as Gruber rokona * Valéria Hidvéghy as Gruber rokona * Zsuzsi Balla as Nászutas feleség a vonaton *

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 ...

as Postáskisasszony *

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 ...

as Portás *

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 ...

as Szakállas úr a vonatban *

Endre Markovits Endre is a Hungarian boy name, its origin is from old Turkish, can be given by name and surname. Its English form is Andrew. Endre may refer to: People Hungary Endre is a Hungarian masculine given name. It is a Hungarian form of ''Andrew'' an ...

as Béres * János Balassa as Föpincér * Lajos Ujváry as Gruber rokona * Ferenc Hoykó as Vasúti pénztáros

References

Bibliography

* Biltereyst, Daniel, Maltby, Richard & Meers, Philippe (ed.) ''Cinema, Audiences and Modernity: New Perspectives on European Cinema History''. Routledge, 2013. * 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

* 1937 films Hungarian comedy films 1930s Hungarian-language films 1937 comedy films Hungarian black-and-white films Films directed by Ladislao Vajda {{Hungary-film-stub