''The First Swallows'' (Hungarian: ''Elsö fecskék'') is a 1953 Hungarian

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...

directed by

Frigyes Bán Frigyes Bán (19 June 1902 – 30 September 1969) was a Hungary, Hungarian film director. His wife was the actresÉva Vass (1933-2019) Selected filmography * ''One Night in Transylvania'' (1941) * ''Háry János (1941 film), Háry János'' (1941 ...

and starring

József Juhász József Juhász (4 July 1908 – 24 June 1974) was a Hungarian stage and film actor. He appeared in more than fifty films during his career including '' Marika'' (1938). He emigrated to Canada following the defeat of the Hungarian Revolution ...

Sándor Tompa Sándor is a Hungarian given name and surname. It is the Hungarian form of Alexander. It may refer to: People Given name * Sándor Apponyi (1844–1925) was a Hungarian diplomat, bibliophile, bibliographer and great book collector * Sándor B ...

and István Rozsos. Rîpeanu p.41 It was shot at the

Hunnia Studios Hunnia Film Studio was the largest and most significant sound film studio in Hungary until its nationalization in 1948. Its predecessor, Corvin Film Studio, founded by Alexander Korda in 1917, was the most important Hungarian silent film compa ...

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. The film's sets were designed by the art director

Imre Sörés Imre Sörés (1907–1986) was a Hungarian art director. Hayes p.125 & 132 He worked in the Hungarian film industry designing film sets for productions from the Horthy era to the postwar Communist period, generally at the Hunnia Studios in Buda ...

Cast

as Andorkó *

as Bartalos * István Rozsos as Csete * Kamill Feleki as Patak *

Margit Ladomerszky Margit Ladomerszky (17 December 1904 – 10 October 1979) was a Hungarian actress. Selected filmography * '' Spring Shower'' (1932) * ''Romance of Ida'' (1934) * '' Istvan Bors'' (1939) * ''Gül Baba'' (1940) * ''Sarajevo Sarajevo ( ; ...

as Patakné *

Ferenc Kállai Ferenc Kállai (4 October 1925 – 11 July 2010) was a Hungarian film actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1952 to 2007. Selected filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kallai, Ferenc 1925 births 2 ...

as Patak Pista *

Zoltán Makláry Zoltán Makláry (16 April 1896, Budapest – 12 July 1978, Budapest) was a Hungarian stage and film actor. He was awarded the Kossuth Prize. Selected filmography * '' Stars of Eger'' (1923) * '' Hyppolit, the Butler'' (1931) * '' Spring Sh ...

as Fitos * Nóra Kováts as Fitos Juli *

Sándor Deák Sándor Deák (1909–2002) was a Hungarian stage, film and television actor.Nemeskürty & Szántó p.111 On stage he featured at a number of different theatre venues. A character actor, he appeared in supporting roles in cimema during the 1950s ...

as Fõmérnök * Pál Beszterczei as Kockás *

Mária Rákosi 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 ma ...

as Kopek Erzsi * Gyula Árkos as Vitányi

References

Bibliography

* Balski, Grzegorz . ''Directory of Eastern European Film-makers and Films 1945-1991''. Flicks Books, 1992. * Homoródy, József. ''Magyar film, 1948-1963''. Filmtudományi Intézet, 1964. * Rîpeanu, Bujor. (ed.) ''International Directory of Cinematographers, Set- and Costume Designers in Film: Hungary (from the beginnings to 1988)''. Saur, 1981.

External links

* 1953 films 1950s Hungarian-language films 1953 comedy films Hungarian comedy films Hungarian black-and-white films Films shot at Hunnia Studios Films directed by Frigyes Bán Films scored by Szabolcs Fényes {{Hungary-film-stub