Keep Your Chin Up

Keep Your Chin Up
Directed by	Márton Keleti
Written by	Péter Bacsó Margit Gáspár Károly Nóti Péter Szász
Produced by	József Golda
Starring	Kálmán Latabár Violetta Ferrari Gyula Benkö
Cinematography	György Illés
Edited by	Mihály Morell
Music by	Tibor Polgár
Production company	Mafilm
Release date	7 October 1954 (1954-10-07)
Running time	107 minutes
Country	Hungary
Language	Hungarian

Keep Your Chin Up (Hungarian: Fel a fejjel) is a 1954 Hungarian comedy film directed by Márton Keleti and starring Kálmán Latabár, Violetta Ferrari and Gyula Benkö.^[1] It was one of the most popular Hungarian films released during the period, attracting nearly six million spectators at the box office.^[2] It was shot at the Hunnia Studios in Budapest. The film's sets were designed by the art director József Pán.

Main cast

• Kálmán Latabár as Peti bohóc
• Violetta Ferrari as Annuska
• Gyula Benkö as János
• Samu Balázs as Jackson
• Péter Benkö as Sanyika
• László Bánhidi as Baka
• Lajos Básti as Szakállas
• Gyula Gózon as Lustyák bácsi
• László Keleti as Márkus
• Ervin Kibédi as Nyilas
• Manyi Kiss as Lóidomár
• Sándor Pethes as Locsi
• Miklós Szakáts as Ödön
• Sándor Siménfalvy as Baka
• Imre Pongrácz as Müller
• Márta Fónay as Artista a társulatban
• Éva Spányik as Orosz doktornő a kórházban

References

1. Balski p.154
2. Ostrowska, Pitassio & Varga p.98

Bibliography

• Balski, Grzegorz . Directory of Eastern European Film-makers and Films 1945-1991. Flicks Books, 1992.
• Ostrowska, Dorota, Pitassio, Francesco & Varga, Zsuzsanna. Popular Cinemas in East Central Europe: Film Cultures and Histories. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2017

External links

• Keep Your Chin Up at IMDb