Cafe Moscow

Cafe Moscow
Directed by	Steve Sekely
Written by	István Tamás Steve Sekely
Starring	Anna Tõkés Gyula Csortos Ferenc Kiss Lajos Vértes
Cinematography	Willy Goldberger Rudolf Icsey
Edited by	Ladislao Vajda
Music by	Sándor László
Production company	Patria Film
Release date	13 February 1936 (1936-02-13)
Running time	84 minutes
Country	Hungary
Language	Hungarian

Cafe Moscow (Hungarian: Café Moszkva) is a 1936 Hungarian adventure film directed by Steve Sekely and starring Anna Tõkés, Gyula Csortos and Ferenc Kiss. Art direction was by József Pán. It is also known by the alternative title Only One Night.^[1] The film is set during the First World War on the Eastern Front between Russia and the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The film was intended to convey an anti-war message.^[2]

Plot summary

Cast

• Anna Tõkés as Verjusa, Szuharov felesége
• Gyula Csortos as Szuharov tábornok
• Ferenc Kiss as Baklusin szárnysegéd
• Lajos Vértes as Szilágyi fõhadnagy
• József Timár as Bernát Gazsi hadnagy
• József Juhász as Kadosa Géza zászlós
• Nusi Somogyi as A Café Moszkva pénztárosnõje
• Gerő Mály as Orosz hadifogoly
• Lajos Gárdonyi as Izsák,a csempész
• Béla Bálint as Magyar ezredes
• Manyi Kiss
• Ilona Erdös
• István Berend
• István Bársony
• Gyula Szőreghy
• Gyula Justh
• Andor Sárossy
• László Keleti

References

1. Cunningham p.236
2. Nemeskürty & Szántó p.60

Bibliography

• Cunningham, John. Hungarian Cinema: From Coffee House to Multiplex. Wallflower, 2004.
• Nemeskürty, István & Szántó, Tibor. A Pictorial Guide to the Hungarian Cinema, 1901-1984. Helikon, 1985.

External links

• Cafe Moscow at IMDb
• ‹The template AllMovie title is being considered for deletion.› Cafe Moscow at AllMovie