Singing Makes Life Beautiful

Singing Makes Life Beautiful
Directed by	Márton Keleti
Written by	István Békeffy Tibor Méray
Produced by	Miklósné Vitéz
Starring	Imre Soós Violetta Ferrari Ferenc Ladányi
Cinematography	Barnabás Hegyi
Edited by	Sándor Zákonyi
Music by	Tibor Polgár
Production company	Magyar Filmgyártó Állami Vállalat
Release date	24 September 1950 (1950-09-24)
Running time	70 minutes
Country	Hungary
Language	Hungarian

Singing Makes Life Beautiful (Hungarian: Dalolva szép az élet) is a 1950 Hungarian musical comedy film directed by Márton Keleti and starring Imre Soós, Violetta Ferrari and Ferenc Ladányi.^[1] It was shot at the Hunnia Studios in Budapest. The film's sets were designed by the art director József Pán.

Synopsis

In the choral society of a factory, there is a division between those who prefer traditional music and those enthralled by modern music such a swing.

Cast

• Imre Soós as Torma Feri
• Violetta Ferrari as Kádas Zsóka
• Ferenc Ladányi as Lakatos párttitkár
• Samu Balázs as Réz Gyõzõ, karnagy
• Kálmán Latabár as Seregély Bálint
• Gyula Gózon as öreg Kádas
• József Bihari as Berta bácsi
• László Kozák as Horváth
• Árpád Lehotay as Deák
• József Simándi as Varga Pali
• László Bánhidi as Kandi
• Sándor Tompa as Szarda Pali
• Zoltán Makláry as Galamb
• Imre Pongrácz as Swing Tóni
• János Gálcsiki as Nagy István
• Lajos Mányai as Clerk
• Géza Szigeti as Boy ironworker
• András Tollas as Boy ironworker
• Csaba Füzesi as Boy ironworker
• Hédi Váradi as A nézõ

Soundtrack

The film's soundtrack features songs from the composers' repertoire: Novilov, Ferenc Erkel, Lajos Bárdos, Ferenc Farkas, Ferenc Szabó, Béla Tardos.

References

1. Liehm & Liehm p.152

Bibliography

• Liehm, Mira & Liehm, Antonín J. The Most Important Art: Soviet and Eastern European Film After 1945. University of California Press, 1980.

External links

• Singing Makes Life Beautiful at IMDb