''Number 111'' (Hungarian: ''A 111-es'') is a 1919 Hungarian silent

thriller film Thriller film, also known as suspense film or suspense thriller, is a broad film genre that evokes excitement and suspense in the audience. The suspense element found in most films' plots is particularly exploited by the filmmaker in this genre ...

directed by

Alexander Korda Sir Alexander Korda (; born Sándor László Kellner; hu, Korda Sándor; 16 September 1893 – 23 January 1956)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'' ...

, María Corda and Gyula Bartos. The film was based on a novel by

Jenő Heltai Jenő Heltai (11 August 1871 – 3 September 1957), until 1913 Eugen Herzl, was a Hungarian author, poet, journalist and producer. He was of Jewish descent, though he later converted to Christianity. Several of his novels and plays have been ada ...

. It was Korda's final Hungarian film before he went into exile in Austria 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 ...

. The film was remade in 1938.

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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 Ivashiro * María Corda as Olga / Vera * Gyula Bartos as Sidney Balbrock * Lila Gacs as Mabel * Jenő Törzs as Baron Vásárhelyi * Dezső Kertész as báró Vásárhelyi György * Balassa Jenő * Bäby Becker * Sándor Dániel

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* Hungarian silent feature films Hungarian thriller films 1910s Hungarian-language films Films directed by Alexander Korda Films based on Hungarian novels Films produced by Alexander Korda Hungarian black-and-white films 1910s thriller films Silent thriller films {{silent-thriller-film-stub