''The Mysterious Stranger'' (Hungarian: ''A titokzatos idegen'') is a 1937 Hungarian

crime film Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine ...

directed by Endre Somló and starring

Tivadar Uray Tivadar Uray (9 November 1895 – 22 June 1962) was a Hungarian film actor. He appeared in more than 40 films between 1917 and 1962. He was born and died in Munkács, Hungary (now Mukachevo, Ukraine). Selected filmography * '' A Vörös S� ...

, Zoltán Várkonyi and

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 ...

. Rîpeanu p.137 It was shot at the Hunnia Studios in

Budapest Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population ...

. The film's sets were designed by the

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István Szirontai Lhotka István () is a Hungarian language equivalent of the name Stephen or Stefan (given name), 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 Hun ...

Cast

as Dr. Tokaden Kornél * Zoltán Várkonyi as Arácsi mérnök és Arácsi Félix *

as Pedellus *

Blanka Szombathelyi Blanka Szombathelyi (1918–1999) was a Hungarian stage and film actress.Szy p.304 She was born in Transylvania in Austria-Hungary in territory that was subsequently part of Romania. During the 1930s she played ingénues in a number of Hungarian f ...

as Annus - a pedellus lánya * Béla Mihályffi as Tanácsos *

György Kürthy György Kürthy (24 February 1882 – 27 December 1972) was a Hungarian actor, scenographer, writer and director of the theatre. Biography He maturated in Budapest, then moved to Munich where he learnt architecture. His first theatrical perform ...

as Kázméry vezérigazgató *

Tibor Puskás Tibor is a masculine given name found throughout Europe. There are several explanations for the origin of the name: * from Latin name Tiberius, which means "from Tiber", Tiber being a river in Rome. * in old Slavic languages, Tibor means "sacred pl ...

as Karcsi - Kázméry fia * Tivadar Bilicsi as Bekecs Lajos - altiszt * Gida von Lazar as Cserkésztiszt * Iván Ruttkay as A pedellus fia * Zsuzsi Polgár as Zsuzsi * Éva Bornemissza as Kovács kisasszony, Kázméry titkárnõje

References

Bibliography

* 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 crime films 1930s Hungarian-language films 1937 crime films Hungarian black-and-white films Films shot at Hunnia Studios Films based on Hungarian novels {{Hungary-film-stub