Lajos Básti
Birthday: Born in 1911-11-17 in Keszthely, Hungary
Deathday: 1977-06-01
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Abigél
Character: Torma Gedeon
The story takes place during World War II. Vitay Georgina is enrolled by her father, General Vitay, in the completely closed, residential Calvinist Matula Girls' Institute in the town of Árkod, on the outskirts of the country. He does not tell Gina why, as her new classmates would accept her, but after she fights with them over a silly game and betrays them, she is ostracised....
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A Hungarian Nabob
Character: Wesselényi Miklós
On the novel by Mór Jókai. The first half of the XVIII century. Several decades of life of a noble family Karpati....
Sons of the Stone-Hearted Man
Character: Rideghváry Bence
Based on the novel of Mór Jókai. During the Hungarian independence war 1848-49 mother and her three sons trying to leave the road precisely designated by their conservative, stone-hearted father. The way-seeking and rivalry of brothers, Jókai's masterpiece, the cast, delightful scenes give an unforgettable experience....
Abigél
Character: Torma Gedeon
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A Hungarian Nabob 2: Karpathy Zoltan
Character: Miklós Wesselényi
On the novel by Mór Jókai. The first half of the XVIII century. Several decades of life of a noble family Karpati....
Hi, Junior!
Character: Fő Bölcs
Everyone loves little Junior, but nobody has time for him. So Junior decides to find Time with the help of his friends - dwarves....
Darkness in Daytime
Character: Náday Gábor
In 1963 in Tihany, somebody addresses the writer Gábor Náday. He is reminded of a night drive in 1944 that saved his life. Painful memories start coming to Náday....
The Fanatics
Character: Mezei-Hardt István (as Básthy Lajos)
Bene, tired of the professional battles of engineers and trying to escape a ship-wrecked marriage, asks to be transferred to the country. The gravest problem of the sandy region in Nagyalföld (Great Hungarian Plain) is the shortage of water. The tireless director of the local state farm asks for Bene's support, but the disillusioned man refuses him....
The Sea has Risen
Character: Lajos Kossuth
March 15, 1848; the revolution breaks out in the town of Pest. Yet at café Pilvax, in among he revolutionary youth, there is the informer of the imperial court as well. Hearing the news of the attack led by Jellasics, the inhabitants of the villages pour into the national army, and Hajdú Gyurka also escapes from his landlord. Petőfi is there at the camp of the revolutionaries, raising them to enthusiasm with his poetry....
Crime at Dawn
Character: Julius Marschalkó
Private inspector Hável happens to travel on the train which is attacked at Biatorbágy. His attention is drawn to a suspicious man, and in the next few days he confirms that it was indeed him who committed the crime. Yet the police accuses not the lunatic Marschalkó but the communists. Summary justice is declared....
Temporarily Broke
Character: István Balogh (CEO)
Comedy in the early 20th century about switching the lives....
A szerelem bolondjai
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Late Season
Character: Holl Péter
Kerekes (Antal Pager) believes he is wanted by the police when his friends play a practical joke in this unusual comedy drama. He returns to his hometown where he was accused of turning a Jewish druggist and the druggist's wife over to the Nazis. With his friends following him, Kerekes tries to find out what became of the couple after they were deported. After being subjected to a mock trial by his friends -- and found guilty -- Kerekes becomes despondent and attempts to kill himself. Flashbacks...
Story of My Foolishness
Character: László Mérey
The celebrated actor considers his wife a nitwits actress of a mediocre talent. But an influential playwright, a friend of theirs, has written a play with the main role designed for her, Kati, particularly. Its title is "The Most Intelligent Woman in the World". On the day of the first night performance Kati recalls their past, the times she had together with her husband....
Hasty Marriage
Character: Nádor József
The protagonists of a comic Romeo and Juliet story full of gags are two widowed pensioners. Nádor and Mrs. Komáromi meet in the cemetery while mourning their dead spouses and they fall in love....
Tommy
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Her husband, a talented engineer, having been killed in an accident years ago in America, Mrs. Gáldy, a widower, lives in poverty in a small village with Tomi, her little son....
Man of Gold
Character: Kadisa fõhadnagy
Az Aranyember (The Man of Gold) was based on a novel by Jokai, at one time Hungary's foremost storyteller. Set in the early 19th century, the story revolves around Timar (Ferenc Kiss), a ferryman on a Danish tugboat. Rescuing the daughter (Marisa Kormos) of a Turkish nobleman from a watery grave, Timar is rewarded with the girl's hand in marriage. Now rich beyond his wildest dreams, our hero finds he is unsatisfied; it seems he has never forgotten his true love, flower girl Noemi (Anna Fuzes). T...
The Superior Maiden
Character: Gábor, monori Horváth fia
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One hundred and first senator
Character: Fromm szenátor
Senator Fromm summoned to court, as it became known that he was involved in the Bobbi Beykera, the Secretary of the Democratic majority in the Senate. He is accused of stealing money from the fund of the party of bribing senators, blackmail, in tax evasion and other fraud. Investigation of the case of Senator Fromm leads the FBI. Parallel to this matter do Fromm's secretary and progressive journalist, her friend. They got incriminating documents closely related to senators in politics. But FBI ...
Szent Péter esernyője
Character: Wibra György
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Military Band
Character: doktor Barlay
Merry soldiers arrive in the sleepy Transdanubian town. The cynical woman-hunter, Ferdinándy, learns to know doctor Barlay's beautiful wife at a carnival. She lives a happy married life, and the attentions of the lieutenant are all in vain....
Gala Dinner
Character: Varsa József
Varsa engineer receives the Kossuth award for his excellent work. His career once began at the family enterprise of his wife, so the woman invites her relatives for a dinner party....
120 Kilometers an Hour
Character: Levitzky Tibor
Marianne, the daughter of Banker Turner, is a modern woman, driving her car - as well as through her life - with breathtaking speed....
Face to Face
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The members of a rifle-corps unit gather in a village by the western border...
Historical Private Affairs
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A light comedy of four love-stories....
Changing Clouds
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At the end of World War II, Bálint, a deserter tries to obtain forged papers. He gets involved in funny adventures...
The Siege of Beszterce
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The film evokes count Pongrácz, who, as late as the 19th century, managed to live a life, which reminds one of his medieval ancestor's values. He acts in defiance of the town by fighting his own battle against it, having been offended by the town....
Othello in the Province
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An ambitious theatre director arrives in Gyulaháza from the capital. The aim of the young Debrődy is to shake up the locals and turn the life of the town upside down....
Egy asszony elindul
Character: Pándi Tibor
Director: Imre Jeney...
Tüz
Character: Gereblyés, rendõrszázados
1h 35min | 21 October 1948 (Hungary)...
Keep Your Chin Up!
Character: Szakállas
On the Spring of 1945 the Jackson circus is heading towards the border with the clown Peti and Aida, the elephant. They have to play for the Hungarian Fascists, while Peti is hiding the Jew Annuska and Sanyika....
A Strange Mark of Identity
Character: Gara
Imre, secretary of the illegal communist party arrives in Budapest secretly in 1942, in order to start the newspaper of the party in the fight against war. Not even his own mother can see him....
III. Béla
Character: Lukács
Hungarian TV movie about King Béla III of Hungary...
Azurexpress
Character: Dénes Baráth
On the night before his wedding Tamás, a young teacher, saves a lonely girl named Teri from committing suicide. Since she has nowhere to go, he takes her back to his apartment and gives her some money. Another chance encounter with the girl complicates Tamás's honeymoon....
Dreams of Love
Character: Trefort Ágost, kultuszminiszter
This is a romantic biographical film about Franz Liszt. In a distinguished saloon of Paris, the unknown composer, Liszt, defeats the renown Thalberg at a piano competition. Through his playing, he wins the favours and later the hand of the countess D'Agoult. A daughter is born in their marriage, Cosima. Liszt is better and better known, Marie introduces him to the circle of artists....
Három csillag
Character: Captain
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