A Strange Mask of Identity
{{Short description|1955 film by Zoltán Várkonyi}}
{{Infobox film
| name = A Strange Mask of Identity
| image = A Strange Mask of Identity.jpg
| caption =
| director = Zoltán Várkonyi
| producer = György Zombory
| based_on =
| writer = Endre Vészi
| narrator =
| starring = Ferenc Bessenyei
Erzsi Somogyi
Imre Sinkovits
| music = Rezsõ Kókai
| cinematography = István Pásztor
| editing = Zoltán Kerényi
| studio = Magyar Filmgyártó Vállalat
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|1955|10|13|df=y}}
| runtime = 106 minutes
| country = Hungary
| language = Hungarian
| budget =
| gross =
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A Strange Mask of Identity (Hungarian: Különös ismertetőjel) is a 1955 Hungarian drama film directed by Zoltán Várkonyi and starring Ferenc Bessenyei, Erzsi Somogyi and Imre Sinkovits.Cunningham p.83 The plot of the movie is set in the Hungarian communist resistance during Second World War.[https://books.google.com/books?id=Y3T08IOVVf0C&pg=PA252 Directory of World Cinema. Volume 7, East Central Europe]. Bristol: Intellect, 2011. p. 252 It was shot at the Hunnia Studios in Budapest. The film's sets were designed by the art director István Köpeczi-Boócz.
Cast
- Ferenc Bessenyei as Szabó Imre
- Erzsi Somogyi as Szabóné
- Imre Sinkovits as Kóti
- Éva Ruttkai as Eszti
- Violetta Ferrari as Felhõ
- Lajos Básti as Gara
- Vera Szemere as Anna
- Gyula Gózon as Guba
- Hilda Gobbi as Sári mama
- Endre Szemethy as Zsiga bátyánk
- Tibor Molnár as Busa János
- Vanda Kátay as Busáné
- Andor Ajtay as Bajcsy-Zsilinszky Endre
- István Somló as Váraljay
- Ferenc Ladányi as Ottó
- Imre Apáthi as Barnakalapos
- Rudolf Somogyvári as Szõke Lex
References
{{Portal|Film|Hungary|Communism}}
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Bibliography
- Cunningham, John. Hungarian Cinema: From Coffee House to Multiplex. Wallflower Press, 2004.
External links
- {{IMDb title|tt0048276}}
{{Zoltán Várkonyi}}
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Category:Hungarian drama films
Category:1950s Hungarian-language films
Category:Films directed by Zoltán Várkonyi
Category:Hungarian black-and-white films
Category:Films set in Budapest
Category:Films shot at Hunnia Studios
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