Hyppolit, the Butler
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Original title | Hyppolit, a lakáj |
Directed by | Károly Nóti |
Based on | Hyppolit, a lakáj (play) by István Zágon |
Produced by | Béla Keleti Albert Samek |
Starring | Gyula Csortos Gyula Kabos Pál Jávor |
Cinematography | István Eiben Eduard Hösch |
Edited by | László Benedek |
Music by | Mihály Eisemann |
Production company | Sonor Film |
Distributed by | Kovács Emil és Társa |
Release date |
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Running time | 77 minutes |
Country | Hungary |
Language | Hungarian |
Hyppolit, the Butler (
The screenplay was written by prolific Hungarian screenwriter Károly Nóti AKA Karl Noti,[3] based on a stage play by István Zágon.[4] It was directed by Székely István AKA Steve Sekely,[5] who earlier worked in Germany and later worked in Hollywood and Great Britain. The music was composed by Mihály Eisemann.[6]
It was remade in 1999 as Hippolyt, a lakáj (with the y and the i interchanged).[7]
Plot
Mátyás Schneider (Gyula Kabos) is a typical
In the meantime, the Schneiders' spirited daughter, Terka (Éva Fenyvessy), falls for their good-looking manager, the former driver István Benedek (Pál Jávor), who keeps secret that he is in fact an engineer with a college diploma. Her mother, however, would prefer the good-natured, but quite stupid Makáts (Gyula Gózon) as a suitor, because Makáts's uncle (Sándor Góth), a city councillor, may help them to get a lucrative contract.
Things begin to turn upside down, when Schneider follows Hyppolit's suggestions to start dating Mimi (Mici Erdélyi), a singer and dancer at a sleazy night club. When he fails to show up at a date with her, the girl enters the Schneiders' villa, where a dinner party with important guests - including Makáts's uncle - is taking place, and causes a scandal. Meanwhile, Terka follows her own plans to get the man she wants...
Cast
- Gyula Csortos as Hyppolit
- Gyula Kabos as Mátyás Schneider
- Mici Haraszti as Schneider's Wife
- Éva Fenyvessy as Terka, Schneider's Daughter
- Gyula Gózon as Makáts, Terka's suitor
- Mici Erdélyi as Mimi, a Night Club Dancer
- Pál Jávor as István Benedek
- Sándor Góth as City Councillor
- Ernõ Szenesas Tóbiás
- Marcsa Simon as Julcsa
- Jenő Herczeg
- István Bársony
- Lajos Gárdonyi
- Ferenc Pázmán
- Andor Sárossy
- Elvira Horváth as Physical Instructor
- Zoltán Makláry
- László Rehberger as Cook
- Gusztáv Vándory
Subsequent history
The film was shown again in Hungarian cinemas in 1945, 1956 and 1972.[8] It is also shown regularly on the small screen and is still popular with viewers.
Almost eighty years after its premiere, in 2008, the original film was digitally restored by the Hungarian National Film Archive.[9][10][11] The restored version erroneously awarded director Sekely a writing credit that does not appear in either the original film titles[12] or in any subsequent documentation. It has been released on DVD and Blu-ray.
Notes
- ^ "A kék bálvány". MMA Lexikon.
- ^ "Új Budapesti Tizenkettő". Filmvilág. XLIII (3): 2. March 2000.
- ^ "Károly Nóti". IMDb.
- ^ "István Zágon". IMDb.
- ^ "Steve Sekely". IMDb.
- ^ "Mihály Eisemann". IMDb.
- ^ "Hippolyt" – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ According to the booklet of the DVD edition of the restored version (2008).
- ^ "Hungarian National Film Archive".
- ^ "News Archive — filmarchives online". www.filmarchives-online.eu.
- ^ "European Film Gateway News". www.efgproject.eu.
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