
Directing
Alfréd Deésy
Born 1877-09-22 · Dés, Austria-Hungary [now Dej, Romania]
Acting credits
10.0An aging Casanova, long dead, is resurrected when factory heiress Susanne Hilmer’s longing brings him back as the modern “Knight Heinrich Holanden,” only to trail a trail of broken hearts, from Susanne and her sister Margarete’s suicides to would-be lovers Ninette and the Countess, before he’s grievously wounded and cared for by the pure-hearted Baroness Livia. When Livia, the only woman he ever truly loves, takes her own life in shame, Casanova, heartbroken, returns to his tomb, closing the door on his final, unfulfilled passion.
Casanova
1919
6.3The old, sickly Demeter Lapussa is a tyrant in the family. He forces his granddaughter, the beautiful Henriette, to marry baron Hátszegi, although the girl loves the penniless Vámhidy Szilárd. The two lovers attempt to commit suicide, then are torn away from each other.
Fatia Negra
1959
NREarly Hungarian feature from Michael Curtiz
The Carthusians
1916
No synopsis available yet.
Rablélek
1914
7.0Dani, the few-month-old little boy born outside marriage is left by Eszter in the lap of her companion on the train. The widowed Aranka takes him willingly to her. The child is already ten years old and has a good life with Aranka. Then Géza enters their life and he does not welcome the child of someone else.
Dani
1957
10.0Lugosi works in the locomotive factory, earning little. He does not feel at ease in the world. One reason for his discontent is that his wife - a tractor factory worker - earns more than he does, and another is that she has even had her innovation accepted, while his has not. And because trouble doesn't come alone, poor Lugosi gets involved in a sabotage case.
Honour and Glory
1951
8.0On the eve of World War II, Major Benedek Zoltán is an embodiment of the service regulations in the army. He only discloses his feelings towards Anna, his brother's widow. An investigation is conducted in the regiment to identify Communists.
A Certain Major Benedek
1960
NRNo synopsis available yet.
A magyar föld ereje
1917
8.0Feri Noszty forges bills of exchange, which is an unforgivable sin in his circle. The family, to pay the debt and save the boy's honour, cash in their only fortune by marrying Vilma, Feri's sister, to a wealthy man. But this will not save Feri, who must resign his commission as an officer. He gets a job as a magistrate, but the income does not satisfy the young man's needs. All that is left is a good marriage and a huge dowry.
Love and Money
1960
6.9Set in the "Golden Era" of the wandering Hungarian theatre troupes. Mariska and Liliomfi fall in love without suspecting that Mariska's foster father, Professor Szilvay, is also Liliomfi's uncle. Soon the couple must contend with the professor's plan to make Liliomfi give up his "unrespectable" profession of acting by exposing the professor's hypocrisy, greed, and tyrannical selfishness.
Lily Boy
1955
8.5In the thirties, the poor living by the Romanian-Hungarian border were forced to smuggle if they wanted to survive. Mihály, a Hungarian peasant, kills a border guard while fleeing. He is fed up with smuggling and wants to put an end to it, yet he needs money to get a job, so he embarks on another turn.
The Smugglers
1958
Behind the camera
7.0No synopsis available yet.
The Fire
1918
10.0A young woman falls for a flirtatious count only to find that he has no intention of marrying her. To her distress, the count still pursues her even after she has married another.
The Tempter
1918
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.
A léleklátó sugár
1918
10.0An aging Casanova, long dead, is resurrected when factory heiress Susanne Hilmer’s longing brings him back as the modern “Knight Heinrich Holanden,” only to trail a trail of broken hearts, from Susanne and her sister Margarete’s suicides to would-be lovers Ninette and the Countess, before he’s grievously wounded and cared for by the pure-hearted Baroness Livia. When Livia, the only woman he ever truly loves, takes her own life in shame, Casanova, heartbroken, returns to his tomb, closing the door on his final, unfulfilled passion.
Casanova
1919
NR1918 Hungarian silent film.
Spring Tempest
1918
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Álarcosbál
1918
NRTragedy strikes after a painter has an affair with the wife of a prince.
Aphrodite
1918
NRA bankrupt landowner, Redwitz, emigrates to America fleeing his card debts and leaving his daughter in the care of his neighbour, the Baroness Rajk, at the cost of the family jewels. When the jewels are gone, Veronika is chased away from the house. She grows up to be a beautiful young woman and marries a gifted, but poor composer, George Tishler. The young man falls ill because of hard work and his treatment is financed by Baroness Rajk on the condition that they do not tell Veronika’s now rich father about her marriage and child. Moving into her father’s house, Veronika complies with this wish for the sake of her husband, but soon grows to enjoy the role of a spoilt and celebrated girl and ceases missing her previous, poorer lifestyle. She pays for her infidelity with the loss of her child.
A leányasszony
1919
No synopsis available yet.
Mackó úr kalandjai
1921
NRCamilla comes from a well-to-do provincial family. She turns down her country suitors because of their lack of culture and her urban suitors because of their immorality. Finally she falls in love with a poor young artist who is painting her portrait on commission of her father. The chances of their marrying appear slim because of the painter’s modest situation but still they get engaged in secret.
Egy az eggyel
1920
NRCamilla comes from a well-to-do provincial family. She turns down her country suitors because of their lack of culture and her urban suitors because of their immorality. Finally she falls in love with a poor young artist who is painting her portrait on commission of her father. The chances of their marrying appear slim because of the painter’s modest situation but still they get engaged in secret.
Egy az eggyel
1920
A corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all.
The Royal Life
1918
No synopsis available yet.
Der Abtrünnige
1927
No synopsis available yet.
Őfensége inkognitóban
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No synopsis available yet.
Őfensége inkognitóban
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NRBalazs, who is married to Polika, welcomes his friend Viktor who pays him a surprise visit, unaware that Viktor and Polika dated each other in their adolescent years.
I Can't Live Without Music
1935
7.0Márta has a secret affair with André. Her husband catches them and forces André to sign a declaration pledging to go into exile in America. Adapted from Gaston Leroux.
After Death
1920
7.0Márta has a secret affair with André. Her husband catches them and forces André to sign a declaration pledging to go into exile in America. Adapted from Gaston Leroux.
After Death
1920
6.0No synopsis available yet.
The Leopard
1918
NRAdaptation of the 1912 Elinor Glyn novel following Halcyone, an imaginative young girl mentored in literature by an old scholar while living on a decaying estate.
Halcyone
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