Changing the Guard (film)

Changing the Guard
Directed by	Viktor Bánky
Written by	Miklós Tóth
Starring	Antal Páger Gyula Csortos Valéria Hidvéghy Margit Ladomerszky
Cinematography	Barnabás Hegyi
Edited by	László Katonka
Music by	Ottó Vincze
Production company	Mester Film
Release date	18 August 1942 (1942-08-18)
Running time	91 minutes
Country	Hungary
Language	Hungarian

Changing the Guard (Hungarian: Örségváltás) is a 1942 Hungarian drama film directed by Viktor Bánky and starring Antal Páger, Gyula Csortos and Valéria Hidvéghy. 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] It was shot at the Hunnia Studios in Budapest. The film's sets were designed by the art directors István Básthy and Sándor Iliszi.

Synopsis

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.

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. Cunningham p.59

Bibliography

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

External links

• Changing the Guard at IMDb