Ákos Tolnay

	Ákos Tolnay Ákos Tolnay (1903–1981) was a Hungarian screenwriter active mainly in Italian cinema, having previously worked in Britain. He also appeared in Roberto Rossellini's 1945 Neorealism (art), neorealist film ''Rome, Open City''.Wagstaff p.440 Selected filmography * ''The Scandal (1934 French film), The Scandal'' (1934) * ''Temptation (1934 film), Temptation'' (1934) * ''Drake of England'' (1935) * ''The Avenging Hand'' (1936) * ''Ball at Savoy (1936 film), Ball at Savoy'' (1936) * ''Second Bureau (1936 film), Second Bureau'' (1936) * ''Wings Over Africa'' (1936) * ''Elephant Boy (film), Elephant Boy'' (1937) * ''Return of a Stranger (1937 film), Return of a Stranger'' (1937) * ''Thunder in the City'' (1937) * ''The Wife of General Ling'' (1937) * ''The White Slave (1939 film), The White Slave'' (1939) * ''Deputy Eusèbe'' (1939) * ''The Brambilla Family Go on Holiday'' (1941) * ''Caravaggio, il pittore maledetto'' (1941) * ''Two Hearts Among the Beasts'' (1943) * ''Tehran (film), Teh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Szeged Szeged ( , ; see also #Etymology, other alternative names) is List of cities and towns of Hungary#Largest cities in Hungary, the third largest city of Hungary, the largest city and regional centre of the Southern Great Plain and the county seat of Csongrád-Csanád County, Csongrád-Csanád county. The University of Szeged is one of the most distinguished universities in Hungary. The Szeged Open Air (Theatre) Festival (first held in 1931) is one of the main attractions, held every summer and celebrated as the Day of the City on 21 May. Etymology It is possible that the name ''Szeged'' is a mutation (linguistics), mutated and truncated form of the final syllables of ''Partiscum (castra), Partiscum'', the name of a Roman colony founded in the 2nd century, on or near the site of modern Szeged. In Latin language contexts, has long been assumed to be synonymous with ''Szeged''. The Latin name is also the basis of the city's Ancient Greek, Greek name ''Partiskon''. However, ''Sz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Return Of A Stranger (1937 Film) ''Return of a Stranger'' (also known as ''The Face behind the Scar'') is a 1937 British drama film directed by Victor Hanbury and starring Griffith Jones, Rosalyn Boulter, Ellis Jeffries and Athole Stewart. It was written by Rudolph Lothar, Ákos Tolnay and Reginald Long based on a play by Lothar. Synopsis James Martin plans to elope with Carol Wall, the daughter of the wealthy chairman of Wall Chemicals. While in Southampton with her, Martin is wrongly accused of murdering a man and is forced to flee to South Africa. Carol meanwhile marries a wealthy City of London financier. Martin rebuilds his life in South Africa and finishes developing a valuable new chemical formula which he had begun in England. After he is partially disfigured by an explosion in his laboratory, Martin decides to return home to clear his name, confident that he will no longer be recognised. However, Carol's husband quickly begins to suspect that the visiting South African is really Martin and alerts Scot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	The Open Door (1957 Film) ''The Open Door'' (''La puerta abierta'') is a prize-winning 1957 Spanish film based on the 1932 play ''Tűzmadár'' by Lajos Zilahy. It was directed by César Fernández Ardavín and stars Amedeo Nazzari and Märta Torén.Nuestro tiempo - Issues 43-48 - Page 101, 1958 "Aquí está, de momento, La puerta abierta (1956) de César Ardavín. Y la atmósfera de novedad que tal film — adaptación de la comedia «Tuzmadaar» del célebre novelista húngaro — aporta a nuestro cine podría ser interpretada por muchos como el descubrimiento de un nuevo filón. Hay un no sé qué en La puerta abierta que la hace «distinta». Y serán pocos quizás los que sepan ver que esta «distinción» es obra exclusiva de su realizador. De César Ardavín. Hace tres años, en ..." Synopsis Shortly after settling in Madrid, the body of a murdered dancer appears. His Don Juan condition, in addition to his vanity, make the police suspect that it is a crime of passion. As the investigation continues ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	A Parisian In Rome ''A Parisian in Rome'' (Italian: ''Una parigina a Roma'', German: ''Begegnung in Rom'') is a 1954 Italian-German comedy film directed by Erich Kobler and starring Barbara Laage, Alberto Sordi and Anna Maria Ferrero.Fava p.80-81 The film's sets were designed by the art director Ottavio Scotti. Cast * Barbara Laage as Germaine, la Parigina * Alberto Sordi as Alberto Lucetti * Anna Maria Ferrero as Fiorella * Erwin Strahl as Riccardo / Richard Koster * Paul Hörbiger as Professor Roth * Marcello Giorda as Sandi, padre di Fiorella * Mino Doro as Maestro Manardi * Uta Franz as Cicci, un'amica di Fiorella * John Stacy as Maestro Brovin * Edmondo Corsi as Franco, amico di Fiorella * Giulio Bars as Sculptore Petroff * Marisa Castellani as Silvana * Ileana Lauro as Germaine's Maid * Gina Mascetti as Fiorella's Maid * Rio Nobile as Orti di Tiberio * Franco Jamonte as Un amico di Fiorella * Gabriella Scodino Gabriella may refer to: * Gabriella (given name), a femini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Voice Of Silence (1953 Film) ''Voice of Silence'' (; ) is a 1953 French-Italian drama film directed by G. W. Pabst, written by Giuseppe Berto, starring Aldo Fabrizi and Jean Marais.Rentschler p.285 The film's sets were designed by the art director Guido Fiorini. It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome, Italy. Plot A group of people, to try to make sense of their existence, retreats to a convent because each has problems considered insurmountable: a war veteran who is given up for dead returns from captivity in a sensational way and once home he finds his wife married and happy with another man; a partisan, during a war action, causes the death of three people; a votive candle dealer is too selfish to practice his trade. Then a writer famous for his production of works for adults arrive at the convent through which, according to many detractors, he corrupts many young minds, and a young priest who, dismayed by such a tumult of souls, is seized by mistrust regarding his vocation. At the end of the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Golden Madonna ''Golden Madonna'' (Italian: ''La madonnina d'oro'') is a 1949 British-Italian drama film directed by Luigi Carpentieri and Ladislao Vajda and starring Phyllis Calvert, Tullio Carminati and Michael Rennie. It was considered a lost film and was on the BFI 75 Most Wanted list, until a copy was loaned to the British Film Institute by Cohen Media. Filmed on location, a group of original negatives and contact prints taken by Francis Goodman are in the possession of London's National Portrait Gallery. Plot Patricia, a young British woman inherits an estate in rural Italy, and gives up her job as a schoolteacher. Soon after she arrives she offends the village where she now plans to live by accidentally throwing away a sacred painting of the Madonna which they consider to be lucky and a protector of the community. To redeem herself she goes out in search of the painting with the assistance of a British ex-army Captain, hoping to return in to the village. A romance begins between her an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Call Of The Blood (1948 Film) ''Call of the Blood'' is a 1948 British-Italian drama film directed by John Clements and Ladislao Vajda and starring Clements, Kay Hammond and John Justin. In the Edwardian era a British family move to Sicily where the husband has an affair with a local woman. It was adapted from a 1906 novel of the same title by Robert Hichens. The film's sets were designed by art director Maurice Fowler. Elizabeth Haffenden worked as costume designer. Cast * John Clements as Julius Ikon * Kay Hammond as Doctor Anne Lester * John Justin as David Erskine * Hilton Edwards as Doctor Robert Blake * Robert Rietti as Gaspare * Carlo Ninchi as Salvatore * Lea Padovani as Maddelena * Jelo Filippo as Sebastiono * H.G. Stoker as Uncle Ben * Keith Pyott Keith Pyott (9 March 1902 – 6 April 1968) was a British actor. He transferred from stage to screen and was a regular face in drama in the early days of television, appearing in '' Educated Evans'', ''The Prisoner'', '' Out of the Unknown'', ' . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Tehran (film) ''Teheran'' (also known as ''The Plot to Kill Roosevelt'', ''Conspiracy in Teheran'' and ''Appointment in Persia'' ) is a 1946 British-Italian thriller film co-directed by Giacomo Gentilomo and William Freshman. and starring Derek Farr, Marta Labarr, Manning Whiley and Pamela Stirling. A British intelligence officer, discovers a plot to assassinate the President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt at the Tehran Conference during the Second World War. It was shot at the Scalera Studios in Rome. Plot In 1943, Churchill, Stalin and Roosevelt meet at the Tehran conference to agree plans for the Allied invasion of Europe. Whilst attempting to trace ballerina Natalie Trubetzin, who he met before the outbreak of war, British journalist Pemberton Grant uncovers a deadly conspiracy. The plot, led by Paul Sherek, involves international arms dealers, who can't afford to, and do not wish to have peace declared, and plan to blow up President Roosevelt during his visit. Partia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Two Hearts Among The Beasts ''Two Hearts Among the Beasts'' (Italian: ''Due cuori fra le belve'') is a 1943 Italian comedy film directed by Giorgio Simonelli and starring Totò, Vera Carmi and Enrico Glori.Parish p.139 A dancing master takes part in an expedition to Africa find a missing anthropologist whose daughter he is in love with. The film's sets were designed by Alberto Boccianti. It was shot at Cinecittà Cinecittà Studios (; Italian for Cinema City) is a large film studio in Rome, Italy. With an area of 400,000 square metres (99 acres), it is the largest film studio in Europe, and is considered the hub of Italian cinema. The studios were constru ... in Rome. Plot An important Italian scientist disappears in the Jungle, and his niece Laura sets off to find him. Toto, dance teacher, ends up in the wrong steamer trip, and discovers that the companions of the niece have a sinister plan: kidnap her. The ship, however, is shipwrecked on the island of the Jungle, and Toto is worshiped as a god by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Caravaggio, Il Pittore Maledetto ''Caravaggio, il pittore maledetto'' is a 1941 Italian historical film, historical drama film directed by Goffredo Alessandrini and starring Amedeo Nazzari, Clara Calamai and Lamberto Picasso. Nazzari portrays the painter Caravaggio as a wayward genius. It was one of his favourite screen roles. Main cast * Amedeo Nazzari as Michelangelo Merisi, il "Caravaggio" * Clara Calamai as Madonna Giaconella * Lamberto Picasso as Il cavalier d'Arpino * Nino Crisman as Alef di Wignacourt * Lauro Gazzolo as Zio Nello * Beatrice Mancini as Lena * Olinto Cristina as Il cardinale Dal Monte * Maria Dominiani as Alessandra * Achille Majeroni as Il cardinale Scipione Borghese * Renato Malavasi as Mauro Production Screenwriter Riccardo Freda met Francesco Curato and partner of his Carbone, who were trying to produce a film on the Italian painter Caravaggio. The budget of the film became higher and higher. It was shot in 1940 and was released the following year, making it the first fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	The Brambilla Family Go On Holiday ''The Brambilla Family Go on Holiday'' () is a 1941 Italian " white-telephones" comedy film directed by Carl Boese and starring Cesco Baseggio, Massimo Girotti and Elena Luber. A middle-class Milanese family go on holiday.Gundle p. 75 Cast * Cesco Baseggio as Ambrogio Brambilla * Massimo Girotti as Marco Sassoli * Elena Luber as Nanà Brambilla * Amelia Chellini as Adalgisa Brambilla * Paolo Stoppa as Gastone * Giulio Stival as the tenor Alfredo Martelli * Vita Bandini as Donna Fausta, the marchesa * Umberto Cocchi as the night watchman * Anita Farra as the art connoisseur * Luigi Garrone as the manager of the garage * Renato Malavasi as a friend of Marco * Lina Tartara Minora as Pina, the maid * Dina Romano as Maria, the concierge * Giovanna Scotto Giovanna Scotto (born Giovanna Margherita Piana-Canova; 26 August 1895 – 23 December 1985) was an Italian actress and voice actress. Biography Scotto was born in Turin to a theatre company administrator and she made her on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Deputy Eusèbe ''Deputy Eusèbe'' (French: ''Eusèbe député'') is a 1939 French comedy film directed by André Berthomieu and starring Michel Simon, Elvire Popesco and Jules Berry.Bessy & Chirat p.429 The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Gys. Synopsis Eusèbe Bonbonneau, a solicitor's clerk, discovers that a candidate is running for Chamber of Deputies. It becomes clear that a corrupt businessman is pushing a candidate, having usurped his identity, in order to secure backing for a new casino project. The real Eusèbe goes to Paris to investigate and is persuaded by the flamboyant actress Mariska to really stand in the election. He wins and is elected as a deputy where he becomes an unwitting tool of corrupt interests. Cast * Michel Simon as Eusèbe Bonbonneau * Elvire Popesco as Mariska * Jules Berry as Félix Jacassar * Marguerite Moreno as Émilie Bonbonneau * André Lefaur as Le comte de Marignan * Gaston Dubosc as Le notaire * Marcelle Rexiane as La secrétaire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]