''Underground Colony'' (Hungarian: ''Gyarmat a föld alatt'') is a 1951 Hungarian

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

directed by

Károly Makk Károly Makk (December 22, 1925 – August 30, 2017) was a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. Five of his films were nominated for the ''Palme d'Or'' at the Cannes Film Festival; however, he won lesser awards at Cannes and elsewhere. He wa ...

and

Mihály Szemes Mihály Szemes (23 July 1920 – 3 October 1977) was a Hungarian film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the ...

and starring

József Bihari József Bihari (1901–1981) was a Hungarian actor. Selected filmography * '' St. Peter's Umbrella'' (1935) * ''My Daughter Is Different'' (1937) * '' All Men Are Crazy'' (1937) * ''The Golden Man'' (1936) * ''The Village Rogue'' (1938) * ''Be ...

Erzsi Orsolya Erzsi Orsolya (1901–1984) was a Hungarian stage, film and television actress. Székely & Gajdó p.673-75 A character actress, she appeared regularly in supporting roles on screen from the mid-1930s onwards. Selected filmography * '' Be True U ...

and

Ferenc Ladányi Ferenc Ladányi (1909–1965) was a Hungarian stage, television and film actor. He was a winner of the Kossuth Prize.''Kossuth-, Állami és Széchenyi-díjasok 1948-2008. Magyar Közlöny Lap- és Könyvkiadó''. 2008. p.67 Selected filmography ...

.Wakeman p.318 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 ...

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

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 ...

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 Barla, mérnök *

as Barláné *

as Nyerges, a MAKIRT termelési felelõse * Sándor Suka as Környe * István Palotai as Simics * Lörinc Deák as Államtitkár *

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 ...

as Öreg munkás *

Lajos Rajczy Lajos Rajczy (1914–1957) was a Hungarian stage and film actor. He was a member of the National Theatre in Budapest and appeared in films from 1940 onwards. After the defeat of the 1956 uprising he went into exile Vienna before emigrating to Ca ...

as Kristófi, ÁVH vezérezredes *

Gyula Benkö Gyula may refer to: * Gyula (title), Hungarian title of the 9th–10th century * Gyula (name), Hungarian male given name, derived from the title ; People * Gyula II, the ''gyula'' who was baptized in Constantinople around 950 * Gyula III, the ''g ...

as Budai örnagy * Antal Farkas as ÁVH õrmester *

Lajos Mányai Lajos () is a Hungarian masculine given name, cognate to the English Louis. People named Lajos include: Hungarian monarchs: * Lajos I, 1326-1382 (ruled 1342-1382) * Lajos II, 1506-1526 (ruled 1516-1526) In Hungarian politics: * Lajos Aulic ...

as Dalton *

Andor Ajtay Andor Ajtay (1903–1975) was a Hungarian Kossuth Prize-winning (1954) actor. Selected filmography * ''Lady Seeks a Room'' (1937) * ''I defended a woman'' (1938) * ''Two Girls on the Street'' (1939) * ''Orient Express'' (1943) * ''Two Wishes' ...

as Pápay * László Földényi as Brudermann *

Zoltán Greguss Zoltán Greguss (May 10, 1904 – December 20, 1987) was a Hungarian film actor. Selected filmography * '' Az én lányom nem olyan'' (1937) - Fekete Ferenc * ''300.000 pengö az utcán'' (1937) - Máté Egon * ''A falu rossza'' (1938) - Gönd� ...

as Forray *

Ferenc Bessenyei Ferenc Bessenyei (10 February 1919 – 27 December 2004) was a Hungarian actor and singer. He began his career in the choir at National Theatre of Szeged in 1940 and became one of Hungary's most respected stage performers. As singer he appe ...

as Strumpf * Ferenc Pálffi as Mitók *

István Somló István Somló (1902–1971) was a Hungarian stage and film actor. Székely & Gajdó p.443 In 1947 he was appointed as a co-manager of the Comedy Theatre of Budapest along with Klári Tolnay. Of Jewish heritage, he was unable to work during the ...

as Shaweross *

Sándor Peti 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 ...

as Portás *

Emil Keres Emil Keres (9 July 1925 – 1 April 2016) was a Hungarian actor and theatre director. Selected filmography Awards * Kossuth Prize The Kossuth Prize ( hu, Kossuth-díj) is a state-sponsored award in Hungary, named after the Hungarian politici ...

as Kovács

References

Bibliography

* Appplebaum, Anne. ''Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe 1944-56''. Penguin UK, 2012. * Liehm, Mira & Liehm, Antonín J. ''The Most Important Art: Soviet and Eastern European Film After 1945''. University of California Press, 1980. * Ostrowska, Dorota, Pitassio, Francesco & Varga, Zsuzsanna. ''Popular Cinemas in East Central Europe: Film Cultures and Histories''. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2017 * Wakeman, John. ''World Film Directors: 1945-1985''. H.W. Wilson, 1987.

External links

* 1951 films 1950s Hungarian-language films 1951 drama films Hungarian drama films Hungarian black-and-white films Films shot at Hunnia Studios Films directed by Károly Makk Films directed by Mihály Szemes {{Hungary-film-stub