''Yamata'' is a 1919 Hungarian
silent 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
Alexander Korda and starring
Emil Fenyvessy,
Ila Lóth and
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'' ...
. The film was made for the state-owned Hungarian film industry during the
Hungarian Soviet Republic, and concerns a black slave's revolt against his master. The film's apparent political
leftism, along with that of ''
Ave Caesar!
''Ave Caesar!'' is a 1919 Hungarian drama film directed by Alexander Korda and starring Oscar Beregi Sr., María Corda and Gábor Rajnay. A debauched Habsburg Prince sends out one of his aide-de-camps to bring him back a gypsy girl. The film wa ...
'' (1919), led to Korda's arrest once the Soviet Republic collapsed and he fled Hungary in 1919 during the
White Terror
White Terror is the name of several episodes of mass violence in history, carried out against anarchists, communists, socialists, liberals, revolutionaries, or other opponents by conservative or nationalist groups. It is sometimes contrasted wit ...
.
Cast
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Emil Fenyvessy as Márki
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Ila Lóth as Ninette, the caretaker girl
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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 Yamata, the servant
*
Gusztáv Vándory
Gusztáv Vándory (6 December 1882 – 16 November 1964) was a Hungarian stage and film actor. He was born and died in Budapest.
Selected filmography
* ''Lili'' (1918)
* '' Yamata'' (1919)
* '' Neither at Home or Abroad'' (1919)
* '' Veszélyben ...
as Baron, Ninette's love
References
External links
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Hungarian silent films
Hungarian drama films
Films directed by Alexander Korda
Films of the Hungarian Soviet Republic
Soviet black-and-white films
Hungarian black-and-white films
1919 drama films
Silent drama films
Soviet silent films
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