Purple Lilacs

{{short description|1934 film}} {{No plot|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox film | name =Purple Lilacs | image =File:Purple Lilacs.jpg | caption = | director = [[Steve Sekely]] | producer = {{ill|Ernő Gál|hu|Gál Ernő}} | based_on = ''Purple Lilacs'' by {{ill|Ernő Szép|de}} | writer = [[István Mihály]] | narrator = | starring = [[Irén Ágay]] <br> [[Irén Biller]] <br> [[György Nagy]] | music = [[Paul Abraham]] | cinematography = [[István Eiben]] | editing =[[József Szilas]] | studio =Patria Film | distributor = | released = {{Film date|1934|09|06|df=yes}} | runtime = 79 minutes | country = Hungary | language = [[Hungarian language|Hungarian]] | budget = | gross = }} '''''Purple Lilacs''''' (Hungarian: '''''Lila akác''''') is a 1934 Hungarian [[musical comedy film]] directed by [[Steve Sekely]] and starring [[Irén Ágay]], [[Irén Biller]] and [[György Nagy]].<ref>Rîpeanu p.49</ref><ref>Somlyódy & Somlyódy p.261</ref> It was shot at the [[Hunnia Studios]] in [[Budapest]]. The film's sets were designed by the [[art director]] [[Márton Vincze]]. It is based on the 1919 novel of the same title by {{ill|Ernő Szép|de}} which was later remade as a 1973 film.<ref>Goble p.451</ref>

==Cast== * [[Irén Ágay]] as Manci Tóth * [[Irén Biller]] as Hédi * [[György Nagy (actor)|György Nagy]] as Pali * [[Gyula Kabos]] as Angelusz * [[Gyula Gózon]] as Weber * [[Márton Rátkai]] as Zsezsé * [[Ilona Eszterházy]] as Lili * [[László Z. Molnár]] as Körmendi * [[Sándor Pethes]] as Bajnóczi * [[István Berend]] a sportsman * [[Nusi Somogyi]] as Mili * [[Stephen Bekassy]] as Charlie * [[László Dezsőffy]] as Józsi * [[Ernő Király]] a street singer * [[Ferenc Antók]] extra * [[Harry Csáktornyai]] as Elemér * [[Anni Eisen]] extra * [[László Keleti]] a milkman * [[Irma Lányi]] as Vendég * [[Sári Némethy]] as Hédi Arany's maid * [[Dezső Pártos]] extra * [[Éva Ruttkai]] unknown role

==References== {{Reflist}}

==Bibliography== * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. * Ostrowska, Dorota, Pitassio, Francesco & Varga, Zsuzsanna. ''Popular Cinemas in East Central Europe: Film Cultures and Histories''. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2017. * Rîpeanu, Bujor. (ed.) ''International Directory of Cinematographers, Set- and Costume Designers in Film: Hungary (from the beginnings to 1988)''. Saur, 1981. * Somlyódy, László & Somlyódy, Nóra. '' Hungarian Arts and Sciences: 1848-2000''. Social Science Monographs, 2003.

==External links== * {{IMDb title|0025396}} * {{Gutenberg |no=73939 |title=Lila ákác}} (in Hungarian)

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