Ferenc Pethes Movies
- 1966
The pettiness of communist bureaucrats are satirically skewered in this Hungarian comedy. A journalist gets in trouble when he is overheard complaining about bureaucrats who refuse to unlock the door to a public restroom. He writes an editorial defending an artist who sculpted a nude statue that was criticized by a Party official. The journalist catches the eye of his editor's sweetheart, but she later dumps him when she can't abide with his duplicity. In spite of his trouble, he manages to get appointed to a key position in the city hierarchy. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi
- Starring:
- Laszlo Sinko, Ferenc Bessenyei, (more)
- 1938
Another winner from Hungarian director Ivan Szekely (aka S.K. Seeley and Steve Sekely), A Nosty fiu Esete Toth Marival was released in English-speaking regions as I Married for Love. Feri Noszty (Paul Javor) is a handsome but irresponsible Hussar officer who prefers a life of wine, women and song to his military responsibilities. Unwilling to bow to family pressure, Feri refuses to marry heiress Mary Toth (Eva Szorenyi) for her dowry alone. But Mary falls in love with the prideful Feri, and to win his affections she poses as her own poverty-stricken maid. Based on a novel by Kalman Mikszath, A Noszty Fiu Esete Toth Marival was filmed simultaneously in Hungarian- and German-language versions. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- 1938
Though not entirely indigenous to Hungary, the "folk play" was a crucial element in the country's cultural heritage. One of these folk plays, Ferenc Caepreghy's A Piros Bugyellaris (The Red Purse), was committed to celluloid in 1938. The titular red purse contains a Regimental payroll, and has been entrusted to feckless Corporal Csillag (Ferenc Kiss). While dallying with a pretty girl, Csillag loses the purse, which passes from hand to hand throughout the rest of the story. The missing money serves as the catalyst for several subplots, including the renewed romance between Csillag and his hometown sweetheart Zsofi (Belle Bordy), now married to a wealthy and much older village official (Arthur Somlay). A handful of musical numbers are peppered throughout the proceedings, most of these performed by leading lady Belle Bordy, prima ballerina of the Budapest Opera House. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Artur Somlay, Ferenc Kiss, (more)
- 1937
Son of the Pusta is the English-language title of the intense Hungarian drama Sarga Csiko. Ferenc Kiss plays an unfortunate soul who spends 15 years in jail for a crime he didn't commit. Finally released from prison, he tries to make a new life for himself, only to have his trail dogged by a pair of scuzzy blackmailers. Kiss in finally freed from his emotional bondage when the actual murderer is uncovered. The oddest part of film is that the killer is not punished, but merely forgiven. Perhaps it's just as well, since the guilty party happens to be the father of the young heroine who is in love with Kiss's son. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Gyula Csortos, Julia Komar, (more)
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