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Rakoczy's Lieutenant

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Rakoczy's Lieutenant
Directed byFrigyes Bán
Written byTibor Barabás
Produced byJenõ Katona
Lajos Gulyás
StarringTibor Bitskey
Éva Vass
Ferenc Zenthe
CinematographyJean Badal
Edited bySándor Zákonyi
Music byFerenc Farkas
Production
company
Magyar Filmgyártó Nemzeti Vállalat
Release date
  • 4 February 1954 (1954-02-04)
Running time
114 minutes
CountryHungary
LanguageHungarian

Rakoczy's Lieutenant (Hungarian: Rákóczi hadnagya) is a 1954 Hungarian historical adventure film directed by Frigyes Bán and starring Tibor Bitskey, Éva Vass and Ferenc Zenthe.[1] It was shot at the Hunnia Studios in Budapest. The film's sets were designed by the art director Imre Sörés. It is set during the War of Independence during the early eighteenth century. It was screened at the 1954 Locarno Film Festival. It was one of the most popular films at the Hungarian box office during the 1950s, drawing more than six and half million spectators.[2]

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References

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  1. ^ Balski p.459
  2. ^ Ostrowska, Pitassio & Varga p.97

Bibliography

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  • Balski, Grzegorz . Directory of Eastern European Film-makers and Films 1945–1991. Flicks Books, 1992.
  • Ostrowska, Dorota, Pitassio, Francesco & Varga, Zsuzsanna. Popular Cinemas in East Central Europe: Film Cultures and Histories. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2017
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