Istvan Bors
1939 film by Viktor Bánky
Istvan Bors (Hungarian: Bors István) is a 1939 Hungarian comedy film directed by Viktor Bánky and starring Antal Páger, József Bihari and Klári Tolnay. It is based on a 1938 play by Sándor Hunyady, and was screened at the Venice Film Festival. It was shot at the Hunnia Studios in Budapest. The film's sets were designed by the art directors József Pán and József Simoncsics.The following year it was remade as an Italian film Big Shoes starring Amedeo Nazzari.
Main cast
Antal Páger as Bors István
József Bihari as János
Klári Tolnay as Ilonka
László Dévényi as Parasztfiú
László Földényi as Ügyvéd
Margit Ladomerszky as Kálmán felesége
Béla Mihályffi as Tulogdy Kálmán
Ferenc Pethes as Prakszi
Sándor Pethes as Ügyvédbojtár
Lajos Boray as Tiszttartó
Endre C. Turáni as Paraszt
Olga Eszenyi as Kati
Béla Fáy as Võlegény
References
Bibliography
Judson Rozenblit. Constructing Nationalities in East Central Europe. Berghahn Books, 2005.
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