''Sister Beáta'' (Hungarian: ''Beáta és az ördög'') is a 1941 Hungarian
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...
directed by
István György and starring
Éva Szörényi
Éva Szörényi (born Elvira Schwáb; May 26, 1917 – December 1, 2009) was a Kossuth Prize-winning actress of the Hungarian National Theatre. Her acting career started in the early 1930s, when she played leading roles in over 20 motion pictu ...
,
Antal Páger and
Piroska Vaszary.
[Juhász p.38] The film's sets were designed by the
art director
Art director is a title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, live-action and animated film and television, the Internet, and video games.
It is the charge of a sole art director to supe ...
Márton Vincze
Márton Vincze (1905– 17 January 1941, Budapest) was a Hungarian art director who designed the sets for over eighty films during his career.
Selected filmography
* '' The Blue Idol'' (1931)
* '' The Old Scoundrel'' (1932)
* ''And the Plains Ar ...
.
Synospsis
Count
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Martino is injured in an accident and is taken to a
convent
A convent is an enclosed community of monks, nuns, friars or religious sisters. Alternatively, ''convent'' means the building used by the community.
The term is particularly used in the Catholic Church, Lutheran churches, and the Anglican ...
to recuperate. There he is cared for by the young
nun
A nun is a woman who vows to dedicate her life to religious service and contemplation, typically living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience in the enclosure of a monastery or convent.''The Oxford English Dictionary'', vol. X, page 5 ...
Sister Beáta with whom he falls in love.
Cast
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Éva Szörényi
Éva Szörényi (born Elvira Schwáb; May 26, 1917 – December 1, 2009) was a Kossuth Prize-winning actress of the Hungarian National Theatre. Her acting career started in the early 1930s, when she played leading roles in over 20 motion pictu ...
as Megesett asszony,majd a lánya,Beáta nõvér
*
Antal Páger as Martino gróf
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Piroska Vaszary as Ladisla nõvér
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Margit Ladomerszky
Margit Ladomerszky (17 December 1904 – 10 October 1979) was a Hungarian actress.
Selected filmography
* '' Spring Shower'' (1932)
* '' The Ghost Train'' (1933)
* ''Romance of Ida'' (1934)
* '' The Man Under the Bridge'' (1936)
* ''My Daught ...
as Edda hercegnõ,Martino nõvére
*
Imre Toronyi as Érsek
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Piroska Sas as Giuditta
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Miklós Gáboras Gino,Giulietta szerelmese
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Béla Mihályffi
Béla Mihályffi (January 14, 1891 – April 4, 1948) was a Hungarian stage and film actor.Székely & Gajdó p.541 A character actor, he played supporting roles in more than sixty films during the 1930s and 1940s.
Selected filmography
* '' Stolen ...
as Orvosprofesszor
*
Zoltán Szakáts Zoltán () is a Hungarian masculine given name. The name days for this name are 8 March and 23 June in Hungary, and 7 April in Slovakia. "Zoli" is the short version of Zoltán. "Zoli" is commonly used.
Zoltána is the feminine version.
The name i ...
as Orvos
*
Sándor KömÃves
Sándor KömÃves (1897–1980) was a Hungarian stage actor, stage, television actor, television and film actor.
Selected filmography
* ''Gül Baba (1940 film), Gül Baba'' (1940)
* ''Sarajevo (1940 Hungarian film), Sarajevo'' (1940)
* ''Silent ...
as Family Doctor
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Anna Füzess as Apácafõnökasszony
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Gyula Tapolczay as Martino barátja
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Gyula Kamarás as Archbishop's Secretary
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Anni Kelly as Táncos-énekesnõ
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Ferenc Szabó as Mentõs
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Viola Orbán as Kutyás apáca
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Géza Berczy as Pap
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Tibor Puskás as Triciklis fiú
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Dóra Fáy Kiss as Apáca
References
Bibliography
* Juhász, István. ''Kincses magyar filmtár 1931-1944: az eredeti forgatókönyvből 1931 és 1944 között létrejött hazai mozgóképekről''. Kráter, 2007.
* Rîpeanu, Bujor. (ed.) ''International Directory of Cinematographers, Set- and Costume Designers in Film: Hungary (from the beginnings to 1988)''. Saur, 1981.
External links
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1941 films
Hungarian drama films
1940s Hungarian-language films
1941 drama films
Hungarian black-and-white films
Films directed by István György
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