Rakoczy's Lieutenant

1954 film
  • 4 February 1954 (1954-02-04)
Running time
114 minutesCountryHungaryLanguageHungarian

Rakoczy's Lieutenant (Hungarian: Rákóczi hadnagya) is a 1954 Hungarian historical adventure film directed by Frigyes Bán and starring Tibor Bitskey, Éva Vass and Ferenc Zenthe.[1] It was shot at the Hunnia Studios in Budapest. The film's sets were designed by the art director Imre Sörés. It is set during the War of Independence during the early eighteenth century. 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.[2]

Cast

  • Tibor Bitskey as Bornemissza János hadnagy
  • Éva Vass as Bíró Anna
  • Endre Gyárfás as Matyi, Anna öccse
  • Ferenc Zenthe as Fekete Miska
  • Ferenc Pethes as Rácz Miska
  • Gellért Raksányi as István Suhajda
  • Sándor Deák as II. Rákóczi Ferenc
  • Gábor Mádi Szabó as Vak Bottyán
  • József Timár as Dobay brigadéros
  • Miklós Sármássy as Inczédy ezredes
  • Sándor Szabó as Gróf Starhemberg Maximilan generális
  • István Egri as Pichler, labanc ezredes
  • Béla Károlyi as count Miklós Bercsényi

References

  1. ^ Balski p.459
  2. ^ Ostrowska, Pitassio & Varga p.97

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

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