''The Football Star'' (Hungarian: ''A csodacsatár'') is a 1957 Hungarian

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directed by

Márton Keleti Márton Keleti (27 April 1905 – 20 June 1973) was a Hungarian film director. He directed 50 films between 1937 and 1973. His 1959 film ''Yesterday (1959 film), Yesterday'' was entered into the 1st Moscow International Film Festival. Sele ...

and starring Kamill Feleki,

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and

Manyi Kiss Manyi Kiss (Born Margit Kiss; 12 March 1911 – 24 March 1971) was a Hungarian actress. Career She was born in Magyarlóna, Kolozs County, Hungary ''(now Luna de Sus, Romania)'', to Lajos Kiss and Zsuzsanna Nagy. She acted from 1926 in Cluj ' ...

. It features a number of cameos from

Ferenc Puskás Ferenc Puskás (, ; born Ferenc Purczeld; 1 April 1927 – 17 November 2006) was a Hungarian football player and manager, widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time and the sport's first international superstar. A forward, ...

and other footballers of the Hungarian national Golden Team, who had finished as runners-up at the

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.Cunningham p.91 It was shot at the Hunnia Studios in

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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Zoltán Fülöp.

Main cast

* Kamill Feleki as Brunó *

as Duca tengernagy * Imre Pongrácz as Jóska a csodacsatár *

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as Venturo kapitány *

as Aurélia * Imre Sinkovits as Riporter *

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as Estella müvésznö *

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as Filippo *

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 államelnök *

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as Miniszterelnök * Zoltán Makláry as Borbély *

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as Cipöpucoló *

as Himself

References

Bibliography

* Balski, Grzegorz . ''Directory of Eastern European Film-makers and Films 1945-1991''. Flicks Books, 1992. * Cunningham, John. ''Hungarian Cinema: From Coffee House to Multiplex''. Wallflower Press, 2004. * Rîpeanu, Bujor. (ed.) ''International Directory of Cinematographers, Set- and Costume Designers in Film: Hungary (from the beginnings to 1988)''. Saur, 1981.

External links

* 1957 films 1950s Hungarian-language films 1957 comedy films Hungarian comedy films Hungarian black-and-white films Films shot at Hunnia Studios Films directed by Márton Keleti Association football films 1950s sports films Hungarian sports films {{Hungary-film-stub hu:A csodacsatár