Viki (1937)

Synopsis of Viki

Viki was adapted for the screen from the stage play by Adorjan Bonyi. Taking over from the stage version's Marika Roekk as the title character is Rozsi Barsony, an immensely popular Hungarian screen personality of the period. A headstrong, hoydenish young woman, Viki prefers to dress and act like a man. When she gets into an argument with the equally contentious Feri (Paul Javor), he fails to see through her disguise and challenges her to a duel, "man to man." Amazingly, the two antagonists go through with the duel -- whereupon Feri discovers Viki's true gender and instantly falls in love with her. Given Rozsi Barsony's voluptuous figure and omnipresent femininity, one can only assume that hero Feri is extraordinarily nearsighted. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Director(s):

Márton Keleti

Writer(s):

Karoly Noti

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