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László Kalmár (director)
László Kalmár (1900–1980) was a Hungarian screenwriter and film director. Cunningham p.37 He began his career in the Horthy era, learning his craft as an assistant director before directing his first film in 1939. His melodrama ''Flames (1941 film), Flames'' was screened at the 9th Venice International Film Festival (void), 1941 Venice Film Festival. He was able to continue his career at the end of the Second World War, unlike many other Hungarian filmmakers, and transitioned to working under the new Hungarian People's Republic, Communist regime. Selected filmography * ''Kind Stepmother'' (1935) * ''Bence Uz'' (1938) * ''Deadly Spring'' (1939) * ''No Coincidence (film), No Coincidence'' (1939) * ''Semmelweis (1940 film), Semmelweis'' (1940) * ''Dankó Pista'' (1940) * ''Mirage by the Lake'' (1940) * ''Prince Bob (film), Prince Bob'' (1941) * ''Flames (1941 film), Flames'' (1941) * ''Silenced Bells'' (1941) * ''Deadly Kiss'' (1942) * ''Lóránd Fráter (film), Lóránd Fráter' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Budapest
Budapest is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, most populous city of Hungary. It is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, tenth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the List of cities and towns on the river Danube, second-largest city on the river Danube. The estimated population of the city in 2025 is 1,782,240. This includes the city's population and surrounding suburban areas, over a land area of about . Budapest, which is both a List of cities and towns of Hungary, city and Counties of Hungary, municipality, forms the centre of the Budapest metropolitan area, which has an area of and a population of 3,019,479. It is a primate city, constituting 33% of the population of Hungary. The history of Budapest began when an early Celts, Celtic settlement transformed into the Ancient Rome, Roman town of Aquincum, the capital of Pannonia Inferior, Lower Pannonia. The Hungarian p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirage By The Lake
''Mirage by the Lake'' (Hungarian: ''Tóparti látomás'') is a 1940 Hungarian drama film directed by László Kalmár and starring Pál Jávor, Klári Tolnay and Erzsi Simor.Guesnet Lupovitch & Polonsky p.308 The film's sets were designed by the art director Márton Vincze. Cast * Pál Jávor as Koltay Iván, festõmûvész * Klári Tolnay as Balázs, Anna * Erzsi Simor as Máté Gitta * Lili Berky as Koltay édesanyja * Éva Libertiny as Panni, modell * Irén Sitkey as Agáta * György Solthy as Balázs professzor, szanatóriumigazgató * Anci Barna as Beteg * György Hajnal as Vendég a boszorkánybálon * Gizi Hernády as Játékbolti eladó * József Tamás as Segédorvos * Gábor Rajnay * Zoltán Makláry Zoltán Makláry (16 April 1896, Budapest – 12 July 1978, Budapest) was a Hungarian stage and film actor. He was awarded the Kossuth Prize. Selected filmography * '' Stars of Eger'' (1923) * '' The Blue Idol'' (1931) * '' Hyppolit, the Bu ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hungarian Screenwriters
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1980 Deaths
Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC. * January 9 – In Saudi Arabia, 63 Islamist insurgents are beheaded for their part in the siege of the Great Mosque in Mecca in November 1979. * January 14 – Congress (I) party leader, Indira Gandhi returns to power as the Prime Minister of India. * January 20 – At least 200 people are killed when the Corralejas Bullring collapses at Sincelejo, Colombia. * January 21 – The London Gold Fixing hits its highest price ever of $843 per troy ounce ($2,249.50 in 2020 when adjusted for inflation). * January 22 – Andrei Sakharov, Soviet scientist and human rights activist, is arrested in Moscow. * January 26 – Israel and Egypt establish diplomatic relations. * January 27 – Canadian Caper: Six United States diplomats, posing as Canadians, mana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1900 Births
As of March 1 ( O.S. February 17), when the Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 13 days until February 28 ( O.S. February 15), 2100. Summary Political and military The year 1900 was the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. Two days into the new year, the U.S. Secretary of State John Hay announced the Open Door Policy regarding China, advocating for equal access for all nations to the Chinese market. The Galveston hurricane would become the deadliest natural disaster in United States history, killing between 6,000 and 12,000 people, mostly in and near Galveston, Texas, as well as leaving 10,000 people homeless, destroying 7,000 buildings of all kinds in Galveston. As of 2025, it remains the fourth deadliest Atlantic hurricane on record. An ongoing Boxer Rebellion in China escalates with multiple attacks by the Boxers on Chines ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leila And Gábor
''Leila and Gábor'' (Hungarian: ''Gábor diák'') is a 1956 Hungarian historical musical film directed by László Kalmár and starring Ferenc Zenthe, Marianne Krencsey and Imre Sinkovits. An operetta film, it is inspired by the 1905 stage work ''Gül Baba'' composed by Jenő Huszka Jenő Huszka (a.k.a. ; 24 April 1875, Szeged – 2 February 1960, Budapest) was a Hungarian composer of operettas. Life At the age of 5, he had his first performance – nicely played violin. He studied composition at the Academy of Music ( .... It was shot at the Hunnia Studios in Budapest. The film's sets were designed by the art director Mátyás Varga. It was the most popular film released in the 1950s with more than six million and eight hundred thousand spectators attending screenings.Ostrowska, Pitassi & Varga p.98 Cast * Ferenc Zenthe as Gábor * Marianne Krencsey as Leila * Imre Sinkovits as Suki Balázs * Margit Andaházy as Veronika * Sándor Kömíves as Gül Baba * Zolt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Déryné (film)
''Déryné'' is a 1951 Hungarian historical film, historical biographical film, biographical drama film directed by László Kalmár (director), László Kalmár and starring Klári Tolnay, Gábor Rajnay and Gyula Gózon.Burns p.13 The film's sets were designed by the art director Zoltán Fábri. It is based on the life of opera singer Déryné Róza Széppataki. Synopsis Déryné rejects fame in German theatre in order to return home and establish the first Hungarian-language theatre, at the time part of the Austrian Empire. Cast * Klári Tolnay as Déryné * Gábor Rajnay as Uncle Benke * Gyula Gózon as Major Neunherz * Tivadar Bilicsi as Murányi, Zsiga * Sándor Szabó (actor), Sándor Szabó as Déry István * Sándor Bánáti as Kõszegi Alajos * Tivadar Horváth as Balogh István * József Berky as Kramarics * Gyula Bartos as Greek uncle * Ida Turay as Murányiné * Mária Keresztessy as Sáskáné * Ila Lóth as Böõsi Anna * Ági Mednyánszky as Cecilia * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siamese Cat (film)
''Siamese Cat'' (Hungarian: ''Sziámi macska'') is a 1943 Hungarian musical comedy film directed by László Kalmár and starring Zita Szeleczky, Miklós Hajmássy and Tivadar Bilicsi.Somlyódy & Somlyódy p.266 It was shot at the Hunnia Studios in Budapest. The film's sets were designed by the art director Klára B. Kokas. Synopsis A nightclub singer pretends to be Siamese to make her act more interesting, and attracts the attention of man desperate to marry her. Cast * Zita Szeleczky as Takács Manci / sziámi dizõz * Miklós Hajmássy as Pali * Tivadar Bilicsi as Laci * Mici Erdélyi as Hédi * Zoltán Makláry as Takács bácsi * Marcsa Simon as Takács néni * Géza Abonyi as Professzor Sármány Aurél, ázsiakutató * Sándor Pethes as Egon * Ibolya Bilinszky as Direktrissz * Lajos Sugár as Pincér * Lajos Hajmássy as Selyemgyáros * István Lontay as Miska, bárpincér * Tihamér Lázár as ügyvéd, Pali és Laci barátja * István Falussy as Ázsiaszak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Dawn (1943 Film)
''Black Dawn'' (Hungarian: ''Fekete hajnal'') is a 1943 Hungarian drama film directed by László Kalmár and starring István Nagy, Bea Goll and Margit Lukács. Juhász p.132 It was shot at the Hunnia Studios in Budapest. The film's sets were designed by the art director Lajos Lévay. Synopsis Sculptor László and his new wife are travelling home from their honeymoon when they are involved in a train crash. His wife is killed while László loses his sight. However, another woman Anita tries to help him rebuild his life. Cast * István Nagy as Vándor László ,szobrászmûvész * Bea Goll as Veronika,táncosnõ, Vándor felesége * Margit Lukács as Anita, kalandornõ * Lili Berky as Vándor anyja * Ernö Mihályi as Gábor * Rezsö Harsányi as Vándor apja * Lajos Vértes as Géza * Éva Serényi as Vándor húga * József Barna as Baráti társaság tagja * Gyula Bartos as Orvosprofesszor * Jenö Bodnár as Professzor * Terka Császár as Utas a vonaton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dance Of Death (1942 Film)
''The Dance of Death'' (Hungarian: ''Haláltánc'') is a 1942 Hungarian drama film directed by László Kalmár and starring Artúr Somlay, Mária Lázár and Bea Goll. Juhász p.129 It was shot at the Hunnia Studios in Budapest. The film's sets were designed by the art director Imre Sörés. Cast * Artúr Somlay as Lovasdy Kálmán * Mária Lázár as Lovasdyné * Bea Goll as Marietta, Lovasdy lánya * Tivadar Uray as Zentay Zoltán, Színész * László Perényi as Dr. Gordon Péter, orvos * József Juhász as Házmester * Imre Toronyi as Rendõrfelügyelõ * Zoltán Makláry as Színházi szabó, öltöztetõ * István Lontay as Keresztessy rendõrfogalmazó * Tivadar Bilicsi * Géza Berczy * Lajos Sugár * Ágnes Almássy * Ottó Jeney * Livia Miklós Livia Drusilla (30 January 59 BC AD 29) was Roman empress from 27 BC to AD 14 as the wife of Augustus, the first Roman emperor. She was known as Julia Augusta after her formal ado ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Heart Stops Beating
''A Heart Stops Beating'' (Hungarian: ''Egy szív megáll'') is a 1942 Hungarian drama film directed by László Kalmár and starring Katalin Karády, Tivadar Uray and Árpád Lehotay. Rîpeanu p.114 It was shot at the Hunnia Studios in Budapest. The film's sets were designed by the art director Ferenc Daday. Cast * Katalin Karády as Anna * Tivadar Uray as Futó Lajos - Anna férje * István Nagy as Dr. Monostori * Árpád Lehotay as Bakkari - impresszárió * Tibor Halmay as Pál * Ferenc Pethes as Péter * Manyi Kiss as Pallósné színésznõ * László Pálóczi as Pallós,bonviván * Zoltán Makláry as Köszörûs * László Misoga as Bûvész * Margit Vágóné Margit is a feminine given name, a version of Margaret. People bearing the name include: * Margit of Hungary (1175–1223), Empress consort of Isaac II Angelos, Byzantine Emperor * Saint Margit of Hungary (1242–1271), Hungarian nun and prince ... as Házvezetõnõ References Bibliography * Juhász, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lóránd Fráter (film)
''Lóránd Fráter'' (Hungarian: ''Fráter Loránd'') is a 1942 Hungarian musical comedy film directed by László Kalmár and starring Antal Páger, László Szilassy and Bea Goll. Rîpeanu p.189 It was shot at the Hunnia Studios in Budapest. The film's sets were designed by the art director József Simoncsics. Synopsis A young actor is playing the role of the famous composer Lóránd Fráter in a theatre production. This impresses Pannika, but her mother who knew the real composer and was courted by her years before, considers him to be a fraud. The actor tries to pretend that he is really the son of the composer, who is then drawn into his efforts to woo Pannika. Cast * Antal Páger as A nótalelkü Fráter lóránd * László Szilassy as Sárossy Laci, ál Fráter lóránd * Bea Goll as Pannika, Bálint lánya * Anna Tõkés as Zsuzsi, Bálint felesége * Gerö Mály as Felleghy Tihamér, a ripacs színiigazgató * Ilona Kökény as Felleghyné * Zoltán Makláry as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
