Ferenc Zenthe
Birthday: Born in 1920-04-24 in Salgótarján, Hungary
Deathday: 2006-07-30
TV Credits
Szomszédok
Character: István 'Taki' Takács
Szomszédok was a Hungarian television series, occasionally called the Hungarian Dallas, that ran from 1987–1999 and produced 331 episodes, airing its grand finale on December 31, 1999. The series was a soap opera, dealing with the lives of ordinary people, living and working in or around an average lakótelep. Its characters were explored, over time, in equal depth: ranging from elderly pensioners, busy middle aged professionals, up-and-coming young people, and children growing into their teens....
Tüskevár
Character: Uncle István
A story about two urban boys, who spend a summer at the romantic Kis-Balaton side with an old field keeper, and gradually change their point of view about their civilized life, and fall in love with the nature....
Őrjárat az égen
Character: Varga
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A Tenkes kapitánya
Character: Eke Máté
During the Rákóczi's War of Independence in South Baranya, in Vienna, Colonel Eberstein is assigned by the Council of Warriors to dispose of the Kuruc army operating in the vicinity of Siklós....
Egy óra múlva itt vagyok…
Character: Kovács János őrvezető
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Vivat Beňovský!
Character: Halim
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Sobri, ponyvafilm
Character: Toldalagy Zsigmond
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Mire megvénülünk
Character: Topándy
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Mekk Elek, az ezermester
Character: Kakas Konrád
The misadventures of a handyman goat....
Princ, a katona
Character: Petneházi százados (10 epizód)
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Movie Credits
The Black City
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Feature film version of the 1971 series....
A Tenkes kapitánya
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Feature film version of the 1964 tv series....
Hungarian Vagabond
Character: A Tenkes kapitánya
A Hungarian historical movie that tells the story of the Hungarian ancestors, the seven leaders, who are looking for their new homeland in the last years of the 9th century. Before they leave their original home in Asia, they have a farewell party. They wake up with a severe hangover after consuming large quantities of kumis. The seven leaders wake up to find that their people have disappeared....
The Murderer is in the House
Character: nyomozó
A murder has been committed in a block of flats in Pest. Almost all the dwellers of the building behave in a suspicious way at the beginning of the investigation, although it is their everyday lapses they try to hide. In spite of the janitor's unpleasant comments, light is gradually thrown upon the case....
Captain of the Forest
Character: Arara professzor
This entertaining film highlights the importance of integrity, justice, and appreciation for the environment. The compassionate and wise Captain is the hero, who is trying to stop long-time troublemaker and master of disguise Zero the Cat as he plans his biggest coup ever. Helping the Captain along the way are the bright Constable Eleméri Ede and seasoned secret agent Góliát. The resourceful Gólíat succeeds in locating Zero's hiding place, where he overhears part of Zero's newest plan. Although ...
Európa messze van
Character: állomásmester
The story starts in Romania in the last years of the Ceaucescu regime. The main character of the film is Petru, a ten-year-old Romanian boy. His world is one of action and dreams but, at the same time, presents an authentic vista of contemporary Central Europe....
The Enchanted Dollar
Character: Záray, a régi rendõrfõnök
Tomboy accidentally found a fake dollar and gave it to detective Droplet. The operation is headed by Maj. Kardos. Now they have to investigate the crime in order to find and neutralize the counterfeiters....
The Naked Diplomat
Character: Dr. Ranke
Félix, a somewhat clod-hopping young man, finds himself in the Grand Hotel of Little Lagonda, barefooted and in pyjamas. He is soon followed by a hooded, fat and leggy gangster. This is all the more strange as the hotel is under quarantine with the pretext of a plague-epidemic, in order to make it a suitable ground for the negotiations of certain oil-companies....
Rákóczi's Lieutenant
Character: Fekete Miska
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A Certain Major Benedek
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On the eve of World War II, Major Benedek Zoltán is an embodiment of the service regulations in the army. He only discloses his feelings towards Anna, his brother's widow. An investigation is conducted in the regiment to identify Communists....
A Simple Love
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Vera gets acquainted with Imre on a tram. Later, she learns that he is the brother of one of her pupils. They meet again. Imre's too passionate courting provokes refusal from the reserved school-teacher....
A Quiet Home
Character: András
The composer Berki András, in his co-tenancy noisy with the barking of dogs and the hullabaloo of children, is unable to compose the new song for his fiancée, the singer, although the premiere is near. He cannot believe his eyes as he sees the official decision that he will soon get an apartment on his own. Yet his joy is soon over. The pharmacist Ács Éva arrives with identical documents. The situation which evolves as a result of the new co-tenancy forces them to cover up things before their pa...
The Revolt of Job
Character: Jób
The story of a childless Jewish couple in WWII-era Hungary who adopt a Hungarian boy and raise him with their values and traditions....
The Land of Angels
Character: Miklós's father
The film is a ballad about the dwellers of a block-of-flats in Angyalföld....
A Remarkable Case
Character: Vizi Zsiga, sofõr
The film is a satire about the anomalies of small town life. 1952. Barka Sándor, inspector of wines, arrives in Nagyrozsdás. As a result of a trick played on him by his driver, he is taken to be a minister in the steam-bath. The news that the minister is a relative of the masseur spreads with lightning speed. The corrupt leaders of the small town do their best to please the masseur....
Zsaruvér és Csigavér I.: A királyné nyakéke
Character: Záray százados
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Zsaruvér és Csigavér II.: Több tonna kámfor
Character: Záray
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2x2 Are Sometimes 5
Character: Kerekes András
One of the most popular musical comedies of the 1950s starts with flirting between a bohemian sport pilot and a serious mathematics teacher. The lesson is that in life, not everything happens as would appear logical at the outset. In the wake of the inflexible and demagogic dramas of Stalinism, this colourful comedy was a true breath of fresh air. It is innovative not only for being full of great hits but also for being the first film in a very long time that was about pure love....
Sword and Dice
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During the freedom fight led by Rákóczi, Schwartzenau carries the wages of the Emperor's soldiers to Tokaj. A small group of freedom-fighters, led by Captain Árvay, attack the major's escort, then hide in the local inn. Árvay introduces himself to the entering Schartzenau as a Hungarian aristocrat, while Simon Pali rushes to get help. The major has a passion for games, they start throwing dice....
Beszterce ostroma
Character: Makovnyik
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Tale on the 12 Points
Character: Titi, coach
The flat of Doctor Bartha is wetting, the Communal Management Enterprise does not act, the doctor and his wife are at the edge of divorce. Géza would marry his colleague, Kató, but mum is sick, the apartment is small, no money. Uncle Károly is fed up with unsuitable, charlatan business managers. Vali would marry, in order not to live on Titi and Piri any more, but the selected man wants to have a woman with her own apartment. All of them have a chance by the lottery, especially by hitting twelve...
Leila and Gábor
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Buda is mastered by the Turks. Student Gábor and his companion flee a troop into the castle, just in the garden of Gül Baba. Gábor and Leila, the daughter of Gül Baba fall in love with each other. Ali pasha, who wants to marry the girl, has the two Hungarians caught in order to let them be executed....
Good Evening, Love
Character:
The film adapts a true story from the beginning of the 70s....
Good Evening, Love
Character: Művezető
The film adapts a true story from the beginning of the 70s....
Last Desk
Character: Lakatos apuka
A story about a gipsy girl Kati who moves from Hungarian province to Budapest and starts going to school....
Death in Shallow Water
Character: Feri
1991, farewell in Budapest. Mária remembers the past in tears. Her husband, Tibor, a chemist and a target of the KGB, left their apartment one evening to fetch some cigarettes only to be found drowned in the shallow Lake Balaton the following day. Their son, Peter, a student in Western-Europe, was found dead on the Danube embankment....
What a Night!
Character: Suhajda, taxisoför
Antal Tőrös, teacher of mathematics, does not like and trust people. No wonder he is not liked by anybody, either. Only his colleague, Klára takes a liking to him. Tőrös is in love with her, and to prove this, he tries to forget about his previous life-philosophy....
A fantasztikus nagynéni
Character: Gém József
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A világ közepe
Character: Márton
Matthias shoulder the burden of not only the government, but also the duty of the qualification overwhelming. That is released from the care, disguise hunt megy.Így Gyevibe reach the center of the world where the law of the judge himself, who is of course no law judge brig Zarate vonatkozik.A haughty king in disguise, while the royal court only gather the bride candidates causing no small diplomatic complications....
The Treasure of Swamp Castle
Character: Gáspár Botsinkay (voice)
Szaffi is a full-length animated feature based on Jokai Mor's books Gypsy Baron (Cyganibaro) and Szaffi. It has adventure, and treasure, and love, and a little black cat, and a war, and picturesque villains - a governor with a pressure release valve in his skull and a fat pig-loving baron, and of course, the good gypsies....
Mayday Mayhem
Character: Tata, Rózsika apja Tokajból
A new socialistic city is being built on the Danube's riverbank in the early 50's. The story is about a teacher who's living there....
I'll Appeal to the Minister
Character: Vadász Illés
A comedy about the organisation of agricultural co-operatives. In the village of "Rendes", everybody has already entered the co-op, only the stubborn farmer, Bódog Balogh continues to resist. The leadership plays all their tricks and uses all their efforts, but all in vain....
The Pagan Madonna
Character: Záray százados
The unique statue of the ancient fertility goddess Demeter, known as the "Pagan Madonna" is stolen from the museum, located in a small town on Lake Balaton. At the same time seriously wounded a servant of the museum. The abduction of the museum's priceless statues of pure gold is investigated by the then young and inexperienced investigator Kardos and lieutenant "Droplet"....
Run to be Caught
Character: Gáspár
Dangerous spies act as representatives of an international recording company to get important plans from the father of an aspiring composer....
Love on Thursday
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Éva and Árpi are married, but have no home on their own. On Thursdays, they meet in Árpi's long vehicle. Renting a room from a head tenant would be too expensive. The ad of an old lady found in a newspaper, in which she offers a room free of charge to the person who finds her lost parrot, comes in handy....
Our Kid
Character: Géza Kondor
Kölyök, this lovely, ham-handed young woman, has caused many a trouble already in the Dunaújváros Iron Works. Fortunately, however, the manager does not want to give her up, what is more, Kölyök found a second father even at the police....
The Sea has Risen
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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....
Sleepless Years
Character: Jani Knézits
The "sleepless years" in this propaganda piece by director Felix Marlassy occur on Csepel Island, an island south of Budapest that is home to an armaments factory. The factory workers are shown being exploited by imperialists, capitalists gone berserk, and fascists, more or less in that exact chronological sequence. The heavy-handed approach does much to undercut the belief that when socialism finally takes over, the lives of the workers are brought up to a human level. In this instance, audienc...
A Lad on White Horse
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"Don't give up your dream" - this is how Demjén Ferenc's song goes and Gyuri darts along the endless fields on a white horse. The young crane-operator lives in a small larder-room, where he has to hang his chair on the wall and the tap drips. He has to share his mornings with his two dream "man-hunters", his father and his brother, who feel that he does not belong to them because of his desires and ambitions....