African Bride
{{short description|1944 film}}
{{Infobox film
| name = African Bride
| image =File:African Bride film poster.jpg
| caption =
| director = István Balogh
| producer = István Erdélyi
| writer = Zoltan Deak
Károly Nóti
László Segesdy
| based_on =
| narrator =
| starring = Kálmán Latabár
Piroska Vaszary
Valéria Hidvéghy
| music = Béla Dolecskó
| cinematography = István Eiben
| editing =Félix Máriássy
| studio =Erdélyi Filmgyártó
| distributor = Kárpát Film
Danubia Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1944|01|31|df=yes}}
| runtime = 88 minutes
| country = Hungary
| language = Hungarian
| budget =
| gross =
}}
African Bride (Hungarian: Afrikai völegény) is a 1944 Hungarian comedy film directed by István Balogh and starring Kálmán Latabár, Piroska Vaszary and Valéria Hidvéghy.Frey p.242Rîpeanu p.40Juhász p.73 It was shot at the Hunnia Studios in Budapest. The film's sets were designed by the art director József Simoncsics.
Synopsis
A young man has been in correspondence with Mária a Hungarian woman living in Africa. Without ever meeting her, has fallen in love with her. Having met the woman, and fearing that she is ill-matched to his friend, his actor buddy persuades the attractive young daughter of his landlady to pretend to be Mária.
Cast
- Kálmán Latabár as Kökény Tóbiás
- Piroska Vaszary as Mária
- Valéria Hidvéghy as Szalkay Manci
- Mici Haraszti as Mici néni
- Lenke Egyed as Házvezetõnõ
- Kornélia Gárdos as Szalkayné, Manci anyja
- Jenö Pataky as Berinday György
- Gusztáv Pártos as Dömötör Döme, díjbírkózó
- László Misoga as Feri - inas
- Sári Rédey as Postás Kisasszony
- Angela Christian as Bözsi, kozmetikuslány
- Erzsi Czobor as Irodakisasszony
- Erzsébet Nádudvarya sMari, Szalkayék cselédje
- Gusztáv Harasztos a sAltiszt
- Lajos Sugár as Fõportás
- Ferenc Szabó as Nagy János
References
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Bibliography
- Frey, David. Jews, Nazis and the Cinema of Hungary: The Tragedy of Success, 1929-1944. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2017.
- 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.