''Rakoczy's Lieutenant'' (Hungarian: ''Rákóczi hadnagya'') is a 1954 Hungarian

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directed by

Frigyes Bán Frigyes Bán (19 June 1902 – 30 September 1969) was a Hungarian film director. His wife was the actresÉva Vass (1933-2019) Selected filmography * ''One Night in Transylvania'' (1941) * ''Háry János'' (1941) * ''Treasured Earth'' (1948) * ' ...

and starring

Tibor Bitskey Tibor Bitskey (20 September 1929 – 2 February 2015) was a Hungarian television and film actor. Partial filmography * ''Föltámadott a tenger'' (1953) * ''A harag napja'' (1953) * ''Kiskrajcár'' (1953) - Madaras Jóska falubelije (uncredi ...

Éva Vass Éva Vass (1933–2019) was a Hungarian stage, film and television actress.Fekete p.447 She was married to the film director Frigyes Bán and the actor Miklós Gábor. Selected filmography * ''Flying Gold'' (1932) * ''Rakoczy's Lieutenant'' (195 ...

and

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. It was shot at the Hunnia Studios in

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. The film's sets were designed by the art director Imre Sörés. It is set during the

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during the early

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. It was screened at the 1954 Locarno Film Festival. It was one of the most popular films at the Hungarian box office during the 1950s, drawing more than six and half million spectators.Ostrowska, Pitassio & Varga p.97

Cast

as Bornemissza János hadnagy *

as Bíró Anna *

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as Matyi, Anna öccse *

as Fekete Miska *

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as Rácz Miska *

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as István Suhajda *

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as II. Rákóczi Ferenc *

Gábor Mádi Szabó Gábor Mádi Szabó (1922–2003) was a Hungarian actor. Selected filmography * '' Mrs. Szabó'' (1949) * ''The Sea Has Risen'' (1953) * ''Two Confessions'' (1957) * ''The Smugglers'' (1958) * '' St. Peter's Umbrella'' (1958) * ''I'll Go to th ...

as Vak Bottyán *

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as Dobay brigadéros *

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as Inczédy ezredes * Sándor Szabó as Gróf Starhemberg Maximilan generális *

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as Pichler, labanc ezredes *

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as count Miklós Bercsényi

References

Bibliography

* Balski, Grzegorz . ''Directory of Eastern European Film-makers and Films 1945-1991''. Flicks Books, 1992. * Ostrowska, Dorota, Pitassio, Francesco & Varga, Zsuzsanna. ''Popular Cinemas in East Central Europe: Film Cultures and Histories''. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2017

External links

* 1954 films 1950s Hungarian-language films 1954 adventure films Films directed by Frigyes Bán Films shot at Hunnia Studios Hungarian historical adventure films 1950s historical adventure films Hungarian war films 1954 war films Films set in the 18th century {{Hungary-film-stub