Alfréd Deésy

Directing

Alfréd Deésy

Born 1877-09-22 · Dés, Austria-Hungary [now Dej, Romania]

Acting credits

Casanova poster
10.0

An 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

Fatia Negra poster
6.3

The 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

The Carthusians poster
NR

Early Hungarian feature from Michael Curtiz

The Carthusians

1916

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Rablélek

1914

Dani poster
7.0

Dani, 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

Honour and Glory poster
10.0

Lugosi 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

A Certain Major Benedek poster
8.0

On 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

A magyar föld ereje poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

A magyar föld ereje

1917

Love and Money poster
8.0

Feri 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

Lily Boy poster
6.9

Set 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

The Smugglers poster
8.5

In 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

The Fire poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Fire

1918

The Tempter poster
10.0

A 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

No artwork available
7.0

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

Casanova poster
10.0

An 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

Spring Tempest poster
NR

1918 Hungarian silent film.

Spring Tempest

1918

Álarcosbál poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Álarcosbál

1918

Aphrodite poster
NR

Tragedy strikes after a painter has an affair with the wife of a prince.

Aphrodite

1918

A leányasszony poster
NR

A 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 artwork available
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Mackó úr kalandjai

1921

Egy az eggyel poster
NR

Camilla 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

Egy az eggyel poster
NR

Camilla 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

No artwork available
6.0

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 artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Der Abtrünnige

1927

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Őfensége inkognitóban

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Őfensége inkognitóban

I Can't Live Without Music poster
NR

Balazs, 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

After Death poster
7.0

Márta 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

After Death poster
7.0

Márta 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

The Leopard poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Leopard

1918

Halcyone poster
NR

Adaptation 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