Lili Murati Movies

Based on the Nobel Prize-winning novel by Boris Pasternak, Doctor Zhivago covers the years prior to, during, and after the Russian Revolution, as seen through the eyes of poet/physician Yuri Zhivago (Omar Sharif). In the tradition of Russian novels, a multitude of characters and subplots intertwine within the film's 197 minutes (plus intermission). Zhivago is married to Tonya (Geraldine Chaplin), but carries on an affair with Lara (Julie Christie), who has been raped by ruthless politician Komarovsky (Rod Steiger). Meanwhile, Zhivago's half-brother Yevgraf (Alec Guinness) and the mysterious, revenge-seeking Strelnikoff (Tom Courteney) represent the "good" and "bad" elements of the Bolshevik revolution. Composer Maurice Jarre received one of Doctor Zhivago's five Oscars, with the others going to screenwriter Robert Bolt, cinematographer Freddie Young, art directors John Box and Terry Marsh, set decorator Dario Simoni, and costumer Phyllis Dalton. The best picture Oscar, however, went to The Sound of Music. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Fizessen Nagysad (Pay Up, Madam!) was originally advertised as "the first Hungarian musical farce." This seems odd, in that most Hungarian films of the 1930s were musicals, and many of these were farcical in nature. Whatever the case, the story concerns a wealthy mill owner who can't keep his factory managers away from his attractive daughter. Finally he hires a young man who promises that he'll never, ever, succumb to the daughter's charms. Guest how long that lasts! Paul Javor, sometimes billed as the Hungarian Clark Gable, plays the hero, while the equally popular Lily Murati is the heroine. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Released in Hungary as Einok Kisasszony, Miss President stars Lilly Murati in the title role. Having inherited the ownership of a textile plant, headstrong young Esuzsi (Murati) breaks off her engagement to her factory superintendent Kollar (Jenoe Toerzs), claiming that she's fallen in love with another. Actually there is no "other"; she merely wants to escape a marriage arranged by her father. When pressed to produce her mystery lover, Esuzsi selects a young engineer named Istvan (Pal Javor), whom she's never even met. Jealously, Kollar hires Istvan and subjects him to a series of practical jokes. By the time the bewildered young man figures out what's going on, he's fallen in love with Esuzsi for real. Miss President was directed by Endre Marton, who as "Andrew Marton" later became one of the busiest second-unit directors in Hollywood. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi