Changing the Guard (film)

Changing the Guard (Hungarian: Örségváltás) is a 1942 Hungarian drama film directed by Viktor Bánky and starring Antal Páger, Gyula Csortos and Valéria Hidvéghy. A talented young engineer is frustrated by the reactionary management of his factory who constantly overlook him. Eventually his talent is recognised by the authorities and he is appointed to run the factory and clear out the old guard. It was the second of two films with overtly nationalistic themes that Bánky and Páger made in 1942. The previous film Dr. Kovács István had dealt with similar issues in Hungarian society.[1]

Changing the Guard
Directed byViktor Bánky
Written byMiklós Tóth
StarringAntal Páger
Gyula Csortos
Valéria Hidvéghy
Margit Ladomerszky
Music byOttó Vincze
CinematographyBarnabás Hegyi
Edited byLászló Katonka
Production
company
Mester Film
Release date
April 1942
Running time
91 minutes
CountryHungary
LanguageHungarian

Cast

  • Antal Páger as Takács Péter
  • Gyula Csortos as Kály Zsiga
  • Valéria Hidvéghy as Marianna, Kályék lánya
  • Dezső Kertész as Zubiczky
  • Margit Ladomerszky as Kályné
  • Zoltán Makláry as Vargha bácsi
  • Béla Mihályffi as Szegõ Lipót
  • Zoltán Szakáts as Bajkó László
  • Mariska Vízváry as Pepi néni
  • Nándor Bihary as Fodor
  • Jenö Danis as Ferenc, altiszt
  • Béla Fáy as Kallós
  • Irén Pelsöczy as Szepesy testvére
  • Vera Szemere as Magda, Bajkó felesége
  • Béla Vizi as Gróf Szepesy Miklós

References

  1. Cunnignham p.59

Bibliography

  • Cunningham, John. Hungarian Cinema: From Coffee House to Multiplex. Wallflower Press, 2004.
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