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Adaptation of 1911 novel The Reason Why by Elinor Glyn – Tancred, the English Lord, after having lost all his money wants to immigrate to Canada. He was about to leave when his friend presented him with a rich widow, Zora. The young man is delighted with this opportunity, gets married and stays in England. The woman suspects that her husband married her only because of her money, so at the beginning she behaves coldly with him. The husband, however, gradually becomes increasingly in love with his wife and he would heat up their chilly relationship. One day - when Zora tells her life story to her husband– two hearts finally find each other, and marriage of convenience becomes a love marriage.
A 12-part nature film series that shows the wildlife of the forests from January to December.
The last Hungarian Science Fiction excluding shorts, until 'Az Idoe Ablakaj' (1969). A mad scientist steals the mind-reading machine brought to him by a young man whom he then has locked up in an asylum.
The title character in Maria Nover (Sister Maria) is played by Eva Szorenyi. A convent-bred lass on the verge of taking her final vows, Maria falls in love with a handsome artist, portrayed by popular operatic baritone Sandor Sved. Due to a silly misunderstanding, she walks out on Sved and marries his best friend Paul Javor. The frustrated suitor quits the art world to become a world-famous concert singer. Years later, he returns to reclaim Maria, only to find that she's not only still a wife, but also a mother and a dedicated nurse. Gracefully bowing out of her life, the Pagliacci-like Sved continues his singing career to assuage his broken heart.
Kulinyi, the theatre secretary in Budapest, becomes the director of a rural theatre. He takes with him a talented, budding theatre couple, Gábor Bálint and Éva Pap. He fights a hopeless battle with drunken and jaded actors, undemanding audiences, and demands the release of their untalented relatives with creditors. Finally, tired of failure, all three return to Pest. Kulinyi resumes his post as secretary. Gábor Bálint, out of options, approaches the famous actor Ferenc Tőrös and asks him to let him play the role for one night only, so that he can prove his talent.
In Imperial Russia, Anna, wife of the officer Karenin, goes to Moscow to visit her brother. On the way, she meets charming cavalry officer Vronsky, to whom she's immediately attracted. But in St. Petersburg’s high society, a relationship like this could destroy a woman’s reputation.
Early Hungarian feature directed by Michael Curtiz
