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Suburban Guard Post

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Suburban Guard Post
Directed byDezsõ Ákos Hamza
Written byIstván Békeffy
Dezsõ Ákos Hamza
Produced byBéla Csepreghy
StarringKatalin Karády
István Nagy
Rózsi Csikós
CinematographyÁrpád Makay
Edited byMária Vály
Music byJenö Sándor
Production
company
Léna Film
Release date
  • 26 July 1943 (1943-07-26)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryHungary
LanguageHungarian

Suburban Guard Post (Hungarian: Külvárosi örszoba) is a 1943 Hungarian drama film directed by Dezsõ Ákos Hamza and starring Katalin Karády, István Nagy and Rózsi Csikós.[1][2] It was shot at the Hunnia Studios in Budapest. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Klára B. Kokas and Imre Sörés. Karády plays one of her characteristic femme fatale roles.[3] Stylistically it resembles film noir.[4]

Synopsis

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A young police officer is taken under the wing of an experienced colleague and becomes engaged to his daughter Lidi. However one night on a raid he encounters a woman playing an accordion in a shady bar who sets out to seduce him away from his duty and his fiancée.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Ostrowska, Pitassio & Varga p.59
  2. ^ Király p.45
  3. ^ Ostrowska, Pitassio & Varga p.59
  4. ^ https://nfi.hu/alapfilmek-1/alapfilmek-filmek/jatekfilm/kulvarosi-orszoba.html

Bibliography

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  • Kelecsényi, László. Karády 100. Noran Libro Kiadó, 2011.
  • Király, Jenő. Karády mítosza és mágiája. Háttér Lap- és Könyvkiadó, 1989.
  • Ostrowska, Dorota, Pitassio, Francesco & Varga, Zsuzsanna. Popular Cinemas in East Central Europe: Film Cultures and Histories. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2017.
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