Directing

Emil Martonffy

Born — Died

1904-09-04 — 1983-08-20

Place of birth

Újpest, Austria-Hungary [now in Budapest, Hungary]

Known for

Directing

Credits

15 titles

Known for

Szerelmes szívek poster
NR

1944 Hungarian-language anthology film featuring work by six directors. István Szöts directs the episode "Kádár Kata"

Szerelmes szívek

1944

No artwork available
5.4

György Bánáth landowner and Miklós Vass the teacher, on the verge of collapse, trudging all the way from Siberia where they have spent more than ten years as POWs, trying to prevent each other from falling from fatigue on the way home. Both become regular visitors to the Pálffy family and they both make amorous advances to Katinka, the beautiful daughter of the local vicar.

There's Only One Girl in the World

1930

It Happened in March poster
8.0

Gyozo falls in love with a wealthy banker's daughter, but faces stiff resistance from his family who has already chosen a girl for him. Meanwhile, Gyozo's marriage is opposed by his fiancee's uncle.

It Happened in March

1934

Kerek Ferkó poster
NR

After a heart attack, landowner Ferdinand Kerekházy summons his son Ferko Kerekházy from abroad, who, to his conservative father's dismay, sends a wagonload of machines ahead to set up an irrigation system and turn the saline, barely productive fields into fertile ones. The old count doesn't want to hear about his son's plans, and wants Ferko to marry Baroness Zólyomi. Since his son refuses, he disowns him. With persistent work, and the support of the mayor and a young engineer from Pest, the irrigation plan is realized. When the old count, who is always dreaming of grandchildren, realises that his son and the mayor's daughter have fallen in love, he reconciles with Ferko and asks her to marry him.

Kerek Ferkó

1943

No Entry poster
8.5

Tóni is a delivery man in a furniture shop. As he has no place to go, he spends the nights in an antique bed in the shop window.

No Entry

1941

Looking for a husband poster
5.0

Kato is looking for a husband for her sisters so that she can marry. Mari helps her as a counsellor, but all their attempts end in scandal. Kato is left to focus on his own happiness. She is in love with Baron Koltay, but he also wants to win the hand of the actress Palma Nusi. Kató pretends to be Koltay's sister and wins Nusi's trust. The Baron soon forgets Nusi and falls in love with Kato. A tangle of lies and deceit finally leads Koltay and Kato to marriage.

Looking for a husband

1940

Behind the camera

Szerelmes szívek poster
NR

1944 Hungarian-language anthology film featuring work by six directors. István Szöts directs the episode "Kádár Kata"

Szerelmes szívek

1944

No artwork available
5.4

György Bánáth landowner and Miklós Vass the teacher, on the verge of collapse, trudging all the way from Siberia where they have spent more than ten years as POWs, trying to prevent each other from falling from fatigue on the way home. Both become regular visitors to the Pálffy family and they both make amorous advances to Katinka, the beautiful daughter of the local vicar.

There's Only One Girl in the World

1930

It Happened in March poster
8.0

Gyozo falls in love with a wealthy banker's daughter, but faces stiff resistance from his family who has already chosen a girl for him. Meanwhile, Gyozo's marriage is opposed by his fiancee's uncle.

It Happened in March

1934

Kerek Ferkó poster
NR

After a heart attack, landowner Ferdinand Kerekházy summons his son Ferko Kerekházy from abroad, who, to his conservative father's dismay, sends a wagonload of machines ahead to set up an irrigation system and turn the saline, barely productive fields into fertile ones. The old count doesn't want to hear about his son's plans, and wants Ferko to marry Baroness Zólyomi. Since his son refuses, he disowns him. With persistent work, and the support of the mayor and a young engineer from Pest, the irrigation plan is realized. When the old count, who is always dreaming of grandchildren, realises that his son and the mayor's daughter have fallen in love, he reconciles with Ferko and asks her to marry him.

Kerek Ferkó

1943

Kerek Ferkó poster
NR

After a heart attack, landowner Ferdinand Kerekházy summons his son Ferko Kerekházy from abroad, who, to his conservative father's dismay, sends a wagonload of machines ahead to set up an irrigation system and turn the saline, barely productive fields into fertile ones. The old count doesn't want to hear about his son's plans, and wants Ferko to marry Baroness Zólyomi. Since his son refuses, he disowns him. With persistent work, and the support of the mayor and a young engineer from Pest, the irrigation plan is realized. When the old count, who is always dreaming of grandchildren, realises that his son and the mayor's daughter have fallen in love, he reconciles with Ferko and asks her to marry him.

Kerek Ferkó

1943

No Entry poster
8.5

Tóni is a delivery man in a furniture shop. As he has no place to go, he spends the nights in an antique bed in the shop window.

No Entry

1941

No Entry poster
8.5

Tóni is a delivery man in a furniture shop. As he has no place to go, he spends the nights in an antique bed in the shop window.

No Entry

1941

Looking for a husband poster
5.0

Kato is looking for a husband for her sisters so that she can marry. Mari helps her as a counsellor, but all their attempts end in scandal. Kato is left to focus on his own happiness. She is in love with Baron Koltay, but he also wants to win the hand of the actress Palma Nusi. Kató pretends to be Koltay's sister and wins Nusi's trust. The Baron soon forgets Nusi and falls in love with Kato. A tangle of lies and deceit finally leads Koltay and Kato to marriage.

Looking for a husband

1940

One Fool Makes a Hundred poster
10.0

Dömötör, a headwaiter, and Rudi, his friend, a conductor, are dismissed. Later, they return as guests. Dömötör is seen sporting a false beard, now the spitting image of count Rod-Igor Su-Arezew, the world-famous lion-hunter.

One Fool Makes a Hundred

1942

One Fool Makes a Hundred poster
10.0

Dömötör, a headwaiter, and Rudi, his friend, a conductor, are dismissed. Later, they return as guests. Dömötör is seen sporting a false beard, now the spitting image of count Rod-Igor Su-Arezew, the world-famous lion-hunter.

One Fool Makes a Hundred

1942

Thanks for Knocking poster
7.2

An unemployed singer hits a girl with a car he has just stolen. She has no serious injuries but falls in love with the handsome stanger.

Thanks for Knocking

1935

Temporarily Broke poster
9.0

Comedy in the early 20th century about switching the lives.

Temporarily Broke

1938

No artwork available
8.0

Prima donna Tatar Eva has two adult daughters who do not know that they are courtesans. A retired artist advises the daughters on how to improve their marriage, but their husbands are dissatisfied.

The Wise Mother

1935

Taming the Shrew poster
6.5

Pálma, the spoilt daughter of the rich manufacturer, is a true monster in the house. The house staff flee her and even her father can hardly wait to marry her off.

Taming the Shrew

1943

The Chequered Coat poster
10.0

Mrs. Takács, a widow and a postmistress living in the country, is about to marry her two daughters.

The Chequered Coat

1940