Purple Lilacs

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| name =Purple Lilacs

| image =File:Purple Lilacs.jpg

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| director = Steve Sekely

| producer = Ernö Gál

| based_on = Purple Lilacs by Ernö Szép

| narrator =

| cinematography = István Eiben

| studio =Patria Film

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| released = {{Film date|1934|09|06|df=yes}}

| runtime = 79 minutes

| country = Hungary

| language = Hungarian

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Purple Lilacs (Hungarian: Lila akác) is a 1934 Hungarian musical comedy film directed by Steve Sekely and starring Irén Ágay, Irén Biller and György Nagy.Rîpeanu p.49Somlyódy & Somlyódy p.261 It was shot at the Hunnia Studios in Budapest. The film's sets were designed by the art director Márton Vincze. It is based on the 1919 novel of the same title by Ernö Szép which was later remade as a 1973 film.Goble p.451

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