Éva Szörényi

Acting

Éva Szörényi

Born 1917-05-26 · Budapest, Austria – Hungary (now Budapest, Hungary)

Acting credits

Deadly Spring poster
7.4

The subject of this film is Dr. Ivan Egry, a young man, who becomes infatuated with Edit Ralben, the beautiful, but flirtatious, daughter of a prominent man. As the two get involved romantically, problems start to plague their relationship. When they end up separating, Ivan finds comfort with Josza, a pretty girl, much more stable than Edit, but far less glamorous. When Edit eventually re-enters Ivan’s life, he can’t resist her. Unable to resolve his conflicting emotions results in an abruptly tragic finale.

Deadly Spring

1939

Könnyű múzsa poster
8.7

No synopsis available yet.

Könnyű múzsa

1947

An American Rhapsody poster
6.4

A Hungarian family forced to flee the Communist country for the United States must leave a young daughter behind. Six years later, the family arranges to bring the absent daughter to the United States where she has trouble adjusting. The daughter then decides to travel to Budapest to discover her identity.

An American Rhapsody

2001

Grandmother poster
7.0

Ernő, under a pseudonym, takes up a position as a music teacher at a girls' school under the patronage of his grandmother, Countess Szerémy, to meet one of the pretty students, Martha, who later turns out to be the child of her grandmother's disowned son. The Countess agrees to the young couple's marriage, but Márta falls in love with Colonel Örkényi's nephew Kálmán. In the meantime, Ernő's feelings change, and he meets Kálmán's sister Piroska, whom he would prefer to marry. The Colonel, whose planned marriage to Countess Serémy was prevented by her mother when he was young, refuses to hear of it.

Grandmother

1935

No artwork available
9.0

The protagonist of the story is Flora, a teacher who wants to teach in the village, in accordance with her vocation and her oath. Her beauty and purity bring her into conflict with the local authorities and with the landowning family of the countryside. Aware of her truth, she defies them, but can only count on the sympathy of the old priest. István Nagy Jr., the idle, dissolute landowner's son, falls in love with Flóra, and love changes him: he takes her side, exposing the lecherous hypocrites.

The School-Mistress

1945

Assignment to Kill poster
6.0

A private eye is hired by an insurance company to investigate a shipping magnate suspected of deliberately sinking his own ships for the insurance money. He finds himself involved in a web of deception, double-crossing and murder.

Assignment to Kill

1968

Witch of Leányvár poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Witch of Leányvár

1938

No artwork available
8.0

The main character in the story that takes place in 1896, year of the millennium, is Szakhmáry Zoltán, who, in sharp contrast with the people around him, is neither a cynic nor a lewd, not even someone with a tendency for showing off his strength. Instead, he strives to become a humane person with enough common sense and modern thinking.

Gentry Skylarking

1949

The Gold Watch poster
7.0

In the story, the golden watch is a metaphor: life of an individual for whom honesty is of real value. Uncle Bogdán is the one to have the golden watch, which is all the "fortune" he has, apart from Juci, his only daughter, who supports him

The Gold Watch

1946

Egy lány elindul poster
7.5

Janka, a girl coming from an impoverished noble family plays the role of a fun-loving, shallow rich girl to get jobs for her parents in a countryside mansion.

Egy lány elindul

1937

Spring Sonata poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Spring Sonata

1942

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Madách

1944

The Marriage of Mara Szüts poster
10.0

Gábor, an ex-lord-lieutenant, now a widower lives a secluded life in his mansion. The commander in the house is Aunt Lili, a relative, whose main concern is to marry off the elder girl, the beautiful Mara

The Marriage of Mara Szüts

1941

Young Noszty and Mary Toth poster
7.5

Another winner from Hungarian director Ivan Szekely (aka S.K. Seeley and Steve Sekely), A Nosty fiu Esete Toth Marival was released in English-speaking regions as I Married for Love. Feri Noszty (Paul Javor) is a handsome but irresponsible Hussar officer who prefers a life of wine, women and song to his military responsibilities. Unwilling to bow to family pressure, Feri refuses to marry heiress Mary Toth (Eva Szorenyi) for her dowry alone. But Mary falls in love with the prideful Feri, and to win his affections she poses as her own poverty-stricken maid. Based on a novel by Kalman Mikszath, A Noszty Fiu Esete Toth Marival was filmed simultaneously in Hungarian- and German-language versions.

Young Noszty and Mary Toth

1938

Beáta és az ördög poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Beáta és az ördög

The Belated Letter poster
6.5

The outbreak of war ends the love of Mária and Endre. Mária is still expecting the return of Endre, father of Anna, her daughter, who was born while her father was away. The war is long over. A few decades elapse, and a letter is accidentally discovered in a post office building now under reconstruction.

The Belated Letter

1941

Sister Maria poster
10.0

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.

Sister Maria

1937

Erkel poster
9.5

We have linguists, we have literary men, we have newspapers, actors, musicians, but we have no national opera!", lamented the champions of national revival in the middle of the last century. Hungarian music culture at home is limited to the performance of works by foreign composers. And the public demands Hungarian opera, and such a challenge is not easy to meet. So let's see who is up to the task!

Erkel

1952

Fűszer és csemege poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Fűszer és csemege

1940

Keep Smiling poster
5.0

Photographer Mátyás Blazsek lives in City Park with his daughter, Éva. Blazsek is modernizing his business and trying to make a name for himself as an enterprising photojournalist; he orchestrates a minor accident—planning to photograph Miklós Dénes, the inventor of the television, slipping on a melon rind as he returns home from London. The young man slips just as planned and grabs hold of Éva Blazsek, who is interviewing him; the sensational photo report subsequently appears in the newspapers with the caption "Miklós Dénes and His Fiancée." Although a wealthy bride awaits Miklós Dénes, he marries the photographer's daughter, defying his parents' objections.

Keep Smiling

1936

Yes or No? poster
6.5

How did a beautiful American divorcee get into the bed of her best friend's fiancé right after returning to Budapest?

Yes or No?

1940

Pénz beszél poster
NR

The wealthy Ottó Dárday is angry with his heirless relatives and marries his maid Julcsa. Only six months after his death does she discover that he has left her everything. Then his nephew István Dárday asks her to at least give him a job in the house so he can get married. Julcea is being shunned for her fortune by a conman, but is exposed. Who will get the fortune?

Pénz beszél

1940