Rakoczy's Lieutenant
{{short description|1954 film}}
{{Infobox film
| name =Rakoczy's Lieutenant
| image = File:Rakoczy's Lieutenant.jpg
| caption =
| director = Frigyes Bán
| producer =Jenõ Katona
Lajos Gulyás
| based_on =
| writer = Tibor Barabás
| narrator =
| starring = Tibor Bitskey
Éva Vass
Ferenc Zenthe
| music = Ferenc Farkas
| cinematography = Jean Badal
| editing =Sándor Zákonyi
| studio =Magyar Filmgyártó Nemzeti Vállalat
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|1954|02|04|df=yes}}
| runtime = 114 minutes
| country = Hungary
| language = Hungarian
| budget =
| gross =
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Rakoczy's Lieutenant (Hungarian: Rákóczi hadnagya) is a 1954 Hungarian historical adventure film directed by Frigyes Bán and starring Tibor Bitskey, Éva Vass and Ferenc Zenthe.Balski p.459 It was shot at the Hunnia Studios in Budapest. The film's sets were designed by the art director Imre Sörés. It is set during the War of Independence during the early eighteenth century. It was screened at the 1954 Locarno Film Festival. It was one of the most popular films at the Hungarian box office during the 1950s, drawing more than six and half million spectators.Ostrowska, Pitassio & Varga p.97
Cast
- Tibor Bitskey as Lt. János Bornemissza
- Éva Vass as Anna Bíró
- Endre Gyárfás as Matyi, Anna’s brother
- Ferenc Zenthe as Miska Fekete
- Ferenc Pethes as Miska Rácz
- Gellért Raksányi as István Suhajda
- Sándor Deák as Ferenc Rákóczi II
- Gábor Mádi Szabó as Vak Bottyán
- József Timár as Brigadier Dobay
- Miklós Sármássy as Inczédy ezredes
- Sándor Szabó as Count Maximilan Starhemberg
- István Egri as Pichler, labanc colonel
- Béla Károlyi as Count Miklós Bercsényi
References
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Bibliography
- Balski, Grzegorz . Directory of Eastern European Film-makers and Films 1945–1991. Flicks Books, 1992.
- Ostrowska, Dorota, Pitassio, Francesco & Varga, Zsuzsanna. Popular Cinemas in East Central Europe: Film Cultures and Histories. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2017
External links
- {{IMDb title|0046259}}
{{Frigyes Bán}}
Category:1950s Hungarian-language films
Category:Films directed by Frigyes Bán
Category:Films shot at Hunnia Studios
Category:Hungarian historical adventure films
Category:1950s historical adventure films
Category:Films set in the 18th century
Category:Films scored by Ferenc Farkas
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