''Accident'' or ''Hit and Run'' (Hungarian: ''Gázolás'') is a 1955 Hungarian

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directed by

Viktor Gertler Viktor Gertler (24 August 1901 – 5 July 1969) was a Hungary, Hungarian film editor and film director, director active between the 1930s and 1960s.Burns p.15 Selected filmography Editor * ''The Three from the Filling Station (1930 film), The Th ...

and starring Iván Darvas, Violetta Ferrari and

Imre Apáthi Imre Apáthi (1909–1960) was a Hungarian stage actor, stage and film actor and film director, director.Cunningham p.91 He was married to the actress Vera Sennyei. Selected filmography * ''The Rakoczi March'' (1933) * ''Emmy (film), Emmy'' (1934 ...

. Balski p.93 It was shot at the Hunnia Studios in

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 popul ...

. The film's sets were designed by the

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József Pán József Pán (1901–1956) was a Hungarian art director. Laura p.76 While he also briefly worked in Austria and Germany, most of his career was spent working in the Hungarian film industry designing film sets. He was active during the Horthy era ...

Cast

* Iván Darvas as Csanádi András * Violetta Ferrari as Zenthe Judit *

as Dr. Pálházi Jenõ * Irén Sütö as Gerlóczy Bea *

Rudolf Somogyvári Rudolf Somogyvári (born Rezső Skoda 1916–1976) was a Hungarian actor. He was the voice of Mz / X in the hit Hungarian animated program '' The Mézga Family''. Selected filmography * '' Viki'' (1937) * '' Two Prisoners'' (1938) * '' Money ...

as Legéndi Antal * József Timár as Dr. Konrád Dezsõ *

Mária Sulyok Mária Sulyok (1908–1987) was a Hungarian actress best known for her role in '' A köszívü ember fiai'' (1965) and '' Love, Emilia'' (1968). She was born on 24 April 1908 and died on 20 October 1987 in Budapest, Hungary. Selected filmography ...

as Zenthéné *

Ádám Szirtes Ádám Szirtes (born Ádám Szvitek February 10, 1925 – July 27, 1989) was a Hungarian actor. Selected filmography * '' Treasured Earth'' (1948) * ''The Marriage of Katalin Kis'' (1950) * '' The Land Is Ours'' (1951) * '' Battle in Peace'' ...

as Danka Lajos * Mária Barta as Dr.Pozsonyi Magda * Róbert Rátonyi as Ágh Péter * József Máriáss as Jegyzõ * János Gönczöl as Ügyész * György Pálos as Bendics *

Gábor Rajnay Gábor Rajnay (born Gábor Rezső Árpád György Uros Imre Joanovics; 11 May 1895 – 10 July 1961) was a Hungary, Hungarian film actor. Selected filmography * ''The Officer's Swordknot'' (1915) * ''Faun (film), Faun'' (1918) * ''Number 111 (1 ...

as Láng Zsigmond *

János Rajz János Rajz (born János Reisz February 13, 1907 – July 20, 1981) was a Hungarian stage, film and television actor. Early life Rajz was born in Budapest in 1907 and attended Hódmezővásárhely Grammar School, and had aspirations of becom ...

as Csermák Vince *

John Bartha János Bartha (6 February 1915 – 7 March 1991), better known as John Bartha, was a Hungarian actor who appeared primarily in Spaghetti Westerns in the 1960s and 1970s. He is probably most recognizable in western cinema for his role as the Sher ...

as The policeman who brings Péter Ágh to the trial

References

Bibliography

* Balski, Grzegorz . ''Directory of Eastern European Film-makers and Films 1945-1991''. Flicks Books, 1992. * 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

External links

* 1955 films 1950s Hungarian-language films 1955 drama films Hungarian drama films Hungarian black-and-white films Films shot at Hunnia Studios Films directed by Viktor Gertler Films scored by Tibor Polgár {{1950s-Hungary-film-stub