# Keep Your Chin Up

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1954 film

Keep Your Chin Up Directed by Márton Keleti Written by Péter Bacsó Margit Gáspár Károly Nóti Péter Szász Produced by József Golda Starring Kálmán Latabár Violetta Ferrari Gyula Benkö Cinematography György Illés Edited by Mihály Morell Music by Tibor Polgár Production company Mafilm Release date 7 October 1954 (1954-10-07) Running time 107 minutes Country Hungary Language Hungarian

***Keep Your Chin Up*** (Hungarian: ***Fel a fejjel***) is a 1954 Hungarian [comedy film](/source/Comedy_film) directed by [Márton Keleti](/source/M%C3%A1rton_Keleti) and starring [Kálmán Latabár](/source/K%C3%A1lm%C3%A1n_Latab%C3%A1r), [Violetta Ferrari](/source/Violetta_Ferrari) and [Gyula Benkö](/source/Gyula_Benk%C3%B6).[1] It was one of the most popular Hungarian films released during the period, attracting nearly six million spectators at the box office.[2] It was shot at the [Hunnia Studios](/source/Hunnia_Studios) in [Budapest](/source/Budapest). The film's sets were designed by the [art director](/source/Art_director) [József Pán](/source/J%C3%B3zsef_P%C3%A1n).

## Main cast

- [Kálmán Latabár](/source/K%C3%A1lm%C3%A1n_Latab%C3%A1r) as Peti bohóc

- [Violetta Ferrari](/source/Violetta_Ferrari) as Annuska

- [Gyula Benkö](/source/Gyula_Benk%C3%B6) as János

- [Samu Balázs](/source/Samu_Bal%C3%A1zs) as Jackson

- [Péter Benkö](/source/P%C3%A9ter_Benk%C3%B6) as Sanyika

- [László Bánhidi](/source/L%C3%A1szl%C3%B3_B%C3%A1nhidi) as Baka

- [Lajos Básti](/source/Lajos_B%C3%A1sti) as Szakállas

- [Gyula Gózon](/source/Gyula_G%C3%B3zon) as Lustyák bácsi

- [László Keleti](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=L%C3%A1szl%C3%B3_Keleti&action=edit&redlink=1) as Márkus

- [Ervin Kibédi](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ervin_Kib%C3%A9di&action=edit&redlink=1) as Nyilas

- [Manyi Kiss](/source/Manyi_Kiss) as Lóidomár

- [Sándor Pethes](/source/S%C3%A1ndor_Pethes) as Locsi

- [Miklós Szakáts](/source/Mikl%C3%B3s_Szak%C3%A1ts) as Ödön

- [Sándor Siménfalvy](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=S%C3%A1ndor_Sim%C3%A9nfalvy&action=edit&redlink=1) as Baka

- [Imre Pongrácz](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Imre_Pongr%C3%A1cz&action=edit&redlink=1) as Müller

- [Márta Fónay](/source/M%C3%A1rta_F%C3%B3nay) as Artista a társulatban

- [Éva Spányik](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%C3%89va_Sp%C3%A1nyik&action=edit&redlink=1) as Orosz doktornő a kórházban

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Balski p.154

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Ostrowska, Pitassio & Varga p.98

## Bibliography

- 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

## External links

- [*Keep Your Chin Up*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046971/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

v t e Films directed by Márton Keleti Viki (1937) Barbara in America (1938) Old Waltz (1941) The Schoolmistress (1945) The Siege of Beszterce (1948) Janika (1949) Mickey Magnate (1949) Singing Makes Life Beautiful (1950) A Strange Marriage (1951) Erkel (1952) Try and Win (1952) Kiskrajcár (1953) Young Hearts (1953) Keep Your Chin Up (1954) The Bridge of Life (1956) The Football Star (1957) Two Confessions (1957) Don Juan's Last Adventure (1958) Yesterday (1959) The Corporal and the Others (1965) Story of My Foolishness (1966) Dreams of Love – Liszt (1970)

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