Masked Ball

{{other uses|Masked ball (disambiguation)}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = Masked Ball

| image = Álarcosbál_1917.jpg

| caption = Still from the film

| director = Alfréd Deésy

| producer = Star Film

| writer = Francesco Maria Piave
Eugène Scribe
Antonio Somma

| starring = Béla Lugosi
Annie Goth
Norbert Dan
Robert Fiath

| music = Giuseppe Verdi

| cinematography = Karoly Vass

| editing =

| distributor = Star Film

| released = {{film date|df=yes|1917}}

| runtime =

| country = Hungary

| language = Silent

| budget =

| gross =

}}

Masked Ball ({{langx|hu|Álarcosbál}}) is a 1917 Hungarian film directed by Alfréd Deésy and featuring Béla Lugosi and Norbert Dan.{{cite news |url=https://www.filmportal.de/film/der-maskenball_83dfd3a96f80403c97af9f3a0c44fbff |title=Der Maskenball |publisher=Film Portal |date=21 March 2018 |access-date=21 March 2018}} The screenplay was written by Francesco Maria Piave, Eugène Scribe and Antonio Somma. It was based on the opera Un ballo in maschera by Giuseppe Verdi. {{cite web | url=https://www.filmaffinity.com/us/film167855.html | title=Álarcosbál: The Masked Ball (1917) }}

Lugosi played Rene, a Secretary Governor, one of his earliest "red herring" roles. The film was first shown at the Urania Theater in Budapest on Oct. 21, 1917.Bela Lugosi: Dreams and Nightmares by Gary D. Rhodes, with Richard Sheffield, (2007) Collectables/Alpha Video Publishers, ISBN 0-9773798-1-7 (hardcover)