Directed by:
Márton KeletiCinematography:
István EibenComposer:
Tamás BródyCast:
Ida Turay, Sándor Szabó, Mária Mezei, Gyula Gózon, Hilda Gobbi, László Kemény, Edit Hlatky, Ella Gombaszögi, Gábor Rajnay, Kálmán Latabár, Márta Fónay (more)Plots(1)
Balla János, a writer, who emigrated during the 1930s for political reasons, arrives in Budapest with his American fiancée, to get an official divorce from his wife. Gizi has, in the meantime, become a popular actress. Right before Balla's arrival, she is offered the role of Johnny, a 15-year old boy, which she is afraid of accepting. She is found in the midst of "tentatively trying her hand" at the role of that 15-year-old boy by her husband, who unexpectedly turns up in her flat, thinking that the "boy" is his own son. Gizi, however, goes on with "acting out" the role, not telling her husband about her true identity. Balla realises that, despite the propaganda dinned into the ears of people like himself, life is worth living in this country, where the challenge to write is one that he cannot resist. In the end, he and Gizi, his wife, are happily reunited thanks to "Johnny". (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Ida Turay
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Oh, Bloody Life (1984)
Sándor Szabó
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Last Nabob (1966)
Vuk: The Little Fox (1981)
The Heiresses (1980)
Mária Mezei
Austria-Hungary
Gyula Gózon
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Men and Banners (1965)
Hilda Gobbi
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Mattie, the Goose-Boy (1977)
The Last Nabob (1966)
The Man with the Golden Touch (1962)
László Kemény
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Somewhere in Europe (1948)
Edit Hlatky
Kingdom of Hungary
Ella Gombaszögi
Austria-Hungary
Gábor Rajnay
Austria-Hungary
Kálmán Latabár
Austria-Hungary
Márta Fónay
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Csárdás Queen (1971)
St. Peter's Umbrella (1958)
Ants' Nest (1971)
Sándor Kőmíves
Austria-Hungary
László Keleti
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Csárdás Queen (1971)
Vilmos Komlós
Austria-Hungary
István Rozsos
Romania
Best movies:
Somewhere in Europe (1948)
Erzsi Orsolya
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Love (1971)
St. Peter's Umbrella (1958)
The Danube Pilot (1974)
László Kabos
Kingdom of Hungary
Zoltán Makláry
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Last Nabob (1966)
Merry-Go-Round (1956)
Germinal (1963)
Gyula Justh
Austria-Hungary