Istvan Bors

Istvan Bors
Directed by	Viktor Bánky
Written by	Sándor Hunyady (play) Endre Rodríguez
Produced by	Endre Rodríguez
Starring	Antal Páger József Bihari Klári Tolnay
Cinematography	Rudolf Icsey
Music by	Szabolcs Fényes
Production companies	Atelier Film Magyar Film Iroda
Release date	23 February 1939 (1939-02-23)
Running time	99 minutes
Country	Hungary
Language	Hungarian

Istvan Bors (Hungarian: Bors István) is a 1939 Hungarian comedy film directed by Viktor Bánky and starring Antal Páger, József Bihari and Klári Tolnay.[1] 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

1. Rozenblit p.213

Bibliography

• Judson Rozenblit. Constructing Nationalities in East Central Europe. Berghahn Books, 2005.

External links

• Istvan Bors at IMDb