A Strange Marriage

A Strange Marriage
Directed by	Márton Keleti
Written by	Gyula Háy Kálmán Mikszáth
Produced by	József Golda
Starring	Gyula Benkő Hédi Temessy Miklós Gábor
Cinematography	Barnabás Hegyi
Edited by	Sándor Zákonyi
Music by	Ferenc Szabó
Production company	Magyar Filmgyártó Nemzeti Vállalat
Release date	18 February 1951 (1951-02-18)
Running time	112 minutes
Country	Hungary
Language	Hungarian

A Strange Marriage (Hungarian: Különös házasság) is a 1951 Hungarian historical drama film directed by Márton Keleti and starring Gyula Benkő, Hédi Temessy and Miklós Gábor. It was shot at the Hunnia Studios in Budapest. The film's sets were designed by the art director József Pán. It is based on the novel of the same name (first published in 1900) by Kálmán Mikszáth. It was entered into the 1951 Cannes Film Festival.^[1]

Cast

• Gyula Benkő as Count Párdányi Buttler János
• Miklós Gábor as Bernáth Zsiga
• Hédi Temessy as Mária, daughter of Baron Dőry
• Lajos Rajczy as Baron Dőry István
• Artúr Somlay as Archbishop Fischer
• Gábor Rajnay as Advocate Pereviczky
• Sándor Tompa as Horváth Miklós
• Éva Örkényi as Piroska, daughter of Horváth
• Sándor Pécsi as Medve Ignác, doctor
• Sándor Szabó as Vicar Szucsinka
• Tamás Major as Jesuit
• Hilda Gobbi as Mrs. Szimácsi
• Tivadar Uray as Fáy István főispán
• László Kemény as Professor Kövy
• József Bihari as Csősz
• Mária Sulyok as Császárné
• László Ungváry as Metternich
• László Kozák as Vidonka Józsi
• Éva Ruttkai as Katica
• Gyula Gózon as Bernáth
• Lili Berky as Bernáthné

References

1. "Festival de Cannes: Különös házasság". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 12 January 2009.

Bibliography

• Appplebaum, Anne. Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe 1944-56. Penguin UK, 2012.
• Ostrowska, Dorota, Pitassio, Francesco & Varga, Zsuzsanna. Popular Cinemas in East Central Europe: Film Cultures and Histories. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2017

External links

• A Strange Marriage at IMDb