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Be True Until Death (1960 film)

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Be True Until Death
Directed byLászló Ranódy
Written byJozsef Darvas
Based onBe True Until Death by Zsigmond Móricz
Produced byLajos F. Kiss
StarringFerenc Bessenyei
József Bihari
Tibor Bitskey
CinematographyIstván Pásztor
Edited byMihály Morell
Music byEndre Szervánszky
Production
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Release date
  • 27 October 1960 (1960-10-27)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryHungary
LanguageHungarian

Be True Until Death (Hungarian: Légy jó mindhalálig) is a 1960 Hungarian drama film directed by László Ranódy and starring Ferenc Bessenyei, József Bihari and Tibor Bitskey.[1] It was shot at the Hunnia Studios in Budapest. The film's sets were designed by the art director József Romvári. It is a remake of the 1936 film Be True Until Death which was itself based on the 1920 novel by Zsigmond Móricz.[2] It is also known as Be Good All Your Life.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Homoródy p.179
  2. ^ Goble p.334

Bibliography

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  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
  • Homoródy, József. Magyar film, 1948-1963. Filmtudományi Intézet, 1964.
  • Liehm, Mira & Liehm, Antonín J. The Most Important Art: Soviet and Eastern European Film After 1945. University of California Press, 1980.
  • Rîpeanu, Bujor. (ed.) International Directory of Cinematographers, Set- and Costume Designers in Film: Hungary (from the beginnings to 1988). Saur, 1981.
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