''The Homely Girl'' (Hungarian: ''A csúnya lány'') is a 1935 Hungarian comedy film directed by

Béla Gaál Béla Gaál (2 January 1893 – 18 February 1945) was a Hungarian film director. His 1930 film '' Csak egy kislány van a világon'' was the first sound film to be made in Hungary.Cunningham p.28 In 1945 he was interned by the Nazis in Da ...

and Henry Koster and starring Pál Jávor,

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and

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. The film marked Muráti's debut and launched her career as a

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.Ostrowska, Pitassio & Varga p.58 It was shot at the Hunnia Studios in Budapest. The film's sets were designed by the

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Márton Vincze. It has plot similarities to Koster's 1933 German film '' The Ugly Girl''.

Synopsis

To gain revenge on the

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Halmi Tibor who unfairly laid the blame for an incident on her in court, the attractive Éva disguises herself as an uglier version of herself and gains employment in his office. She alternates between her two versions, one of whom he has fallen in love with. Things come to a conclusion on a trip to the Italian resort of Abbazia on the

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Cast

* Pál Jávor as Dr. Halmi Tibor *

as Pál Éva *

as Bogdán felesége * Gyula Kabos as Bogdán Artúr *

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as Éva apja *

Gyula Gózon Gyula Gózon (19 April 1885 – 8 October 1972) was a Hungarian actor and comedian. Life Gyula Gózon was born on 19 April 1885, in Érsekújvár, but grew up in Esztergom. With the mentoring of his brother, he could fulfill his dream of lea ...

as Plökl *

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as Miklós *

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as Bíró *

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as Bírósági titkár

References

Bibliography

* Cunningham, John. ''Hungarian Cinema: From Coffee House to Multiplex''. Wallflower Press, 2004. * Ostrowska, Dorota, Pitassio, Francesco & Varga, Zsuzsanna. ''Popular Cinemas in East Central Europe: Film Cultures and Histories''. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2017.

External links

* 1935 films Hungarian comedy films 1930s Hungarian-language films 1935 comedy films Hungarian black-and-white films Films directed by Béla Gaál Films directed by Henry Koster Films set in Italy {{Hungary-film-stub hu:A csúnya lány