Leila and Gábor

Leila and Gábor
East German poster
Directed by	László Kalmár
Written by	József Babay
Based on	Gül Baba by Ferenc Martos
Produced by	Jenõ Katona
Starring	Ferenc Zenthe Marianne Krencsey Imre Sinkovits
Cinematography	Jean Badal
Edited by	Zoltán Kerényi
Music by	Jenö Huszka
Production company	Magyar Filmgyártó Vállalat
Distributed by	Progress Film
Release date	19 April 1956 (1956-04-19)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	Hungary
Language	Hungarian

Leila and Gábor (Hungarian: Gábor diák) is a 1956 Hungarian historical musical film directed by László Kalmár and starring Ferenc Zenthe, Marianne Krencsey and Imre Sinkovits. An operetta film, it is inspired by the 1905 stage work Gül Baba composed by Jenő Huszka. It was shot at the Hunnia Studios in Budapest. The film's sets were designed by the art director Mátyás Varga. It was the most popular film released in the 1950s with more than six million and eight hundred thousand spectators attending screenings.^[1]

Cast

• Ferenc Zenthe as Gábor
• Marianne Krencsey as Leila
• Imre Sinkovits as Suki Balázs
• Margit Andaházy as Veronika
• Sándor Kömíves as Gül Baba
• Zoltán Greguss as Ali pasa
• Sándor Tompa as Zülfilkár
• György Bárdy as Ali's Man
• Vilmos Komlós as Uzsorás
• Árpád Latabár as Török zarándok
• Gábor Mádi Szabó as Budai bíró
• John Bartha as Gül Baba's servant of African descent

References

1. Ostrowska, Pitassi & Varga p.98

Bibliography

• Cunningham, John. Hungarian Cinema: From Coffee House to Multiplex. Wallflower Press, 2004.
• Ostrowska, Dorota, Pitassio, Francesco & Varga, Zsuzsanna. Popular Cinemas in East Central Europe: Film Cultures and Histories. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2017.

External links

• Leila and Gábor at IMDb