Kind Stepmother

1935 film

15 October 1935 (1935-10-15)

Running time

90 minutesCountryHungaryLanguageHungarian

Kind Stepmother (Hungarian: Édes mostoha) is a 1935 Hungarian drama film directed by Béla Balogh and starring Maria von Tasnady, Antal Páger and Gerö Mály.^[1]^[2] It was shot at the Hunnia Studios in Budapest. The film's sets were designed by the art director István Szirontai Lhotka.

Synopsis

A widowed baron is told that it will be good for his young daughter if he remarries but when he brings his former sweetheart Mária to the house and introduces her as his wife, Erzsike is terrified due to what she has been told about wicked stepmothers.

Cast

Maria von Tasnady as Mária
Antal Páger as Hargittay András báró
Gerö Mály as Safranek, intézeti portás
Gizi Pécsi as Erzsike,Hargittay lánya
Mici Erdélyi as Bella,Mária barátnõje
Gyula Gózon as Frici,az artista
Gusztáv Vándory as Dr.Gárdonyi,a háziorvos
Piroska Vaszary as Ibolya
Ilona Dajbukát as Gazdaasszony
Sally Kitty as Sztepptáncos kislány az intézeti ünnepségen
István Lontay as Inas
Éva Telbisz as Pesztonka
Karola Zala as Az intézet igazgatónõje
Ibolya Orbán as Intézeti nevelõnõ
Teri Radó as Intézeti nevelönö

References

^ Rîpeanu p.185
^ The New York Times Film Reviews. New York Times, 1971. p.4029

Bibliography

Juhász, István. Kincses magyar filmtár 1931-1944: az eredeti forgatókönyvből 1931 és 1944 között létrejött hazai mozgóképekről. Kráter, 2007.
Rîpeanu, Bujor. (ed.) International Directory of Cinematographers, Set- and Costume Designers in Film: Hungary (from the beginnings to 1988). Saur, 1981.