Kind Stepmother

Kind Stepmother
Directed byBéla Balogh
Written byArthur Lakner
Produced byLászló Sas
StarringMaria von Tasnady
Antal Páger
Gerö Mály
CinematographyLajos Berger Berend
Edited byLászló Kalmár
Music bySándor Szlatinay
Production
company
Hermes Film
Distributed byDanubia Pictures
Release date
  • 15 October 1935 (1935-10-15)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryHungary
LanguageHungarian

Kind Stepmother (Hungarian: Édes mostoha) is a 1935 Hungarian drama film directed by Béla Balogh and starring Maria von Tasnady, Antal Páger and Gerö Mály.[1][2] It was shot at the Hunnia Studios in Budapest. The film's sets were designed by the art director István Szirontai Lhotka.

Synopsis

A widowed baron is told that it will be good for his young daughter if he remarries but when he brings his former sweetheart Mária to the house and introduces her as his wife, Erzsike is terrified due to what she has been told about wicked stepmothers.

Cast

References

  1. ^ Rîpeanu p.185
  2. ^ The New York Times Film Reviews. New York Times, 1971. p.4029

Bibliography

  • Juhász, István. Kincses magyar filmtár 1931-1944: az eredeti forgatókönyvből 1931 és 1944 között létrejött hazai mozgóképekről. Kráter, 2007.
  • Rîpeanu, Bujor. (ed.) International Directory of Cinematographers, Set- and Costume Designers in Film: Hungary (from the beginnings to 1988). Saur, 1981.