# Sunday Romance

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***Sunday Romance*** (Hungarian: ***Bakaruhában***) is a 1957 Hungarian [period](/source/Historical_film) [romantic](/source/Romance_film) [drama film](/source/Drama_film) directed by [Imre Fehér](/source/Imre_Feh%C3%A9r) and starring [Iván Darvas](/source/Iv%C3%A1n_Darvas), [Margit Bara](/source/Margit_Bara) and [Sándor Pécsi](/source/S%C3%A1ndor_P%C3%A9csi).[1] It is also known by the [alternative title](/source/Alternative_title) ***In Soldier's Uniform***. It was based on the 1931 story of the same title by [Sándor Hunyady](/source/S%C3%A1ndor_Hunyady), which had previously been adapted into the 1938 American film *[The Girl Downstairs](/source/The_Girl_Downstairs_(film))*. It was shot at the [Hunnia Studios](/source/Hunnia_Studios) in [Budapest](/source/Budapest) and [on location](/source/Location_shooting) around [Eger](/source/Eger) in [Northern Hungary](/source/Northern_Hungary). The film's sets were designed by the [art director](/source/Art_director) [Mátyás Varga](/source/M%C3%A1ty%C3%A1s_Varga).

The film was screened at the [1957 Venice Film Festival](/source/1957_Venice_Film_Festival). It was one of the most popular films at the era, with over three and a half million admissions at the domestic box office.[2] In 1968 it was voted as one of the [Budapest Twelve](/source/Budapest_Twelve), the best films made in [Communist Hungary](/source/Hungarian_People's_Republic).

## Cast

- [Iván Darvas](/source/Iv%C3%A1n_Darvas) as Sándor
- [Margit Bara](/source/Margit_Bara) as Vilma
- [Sándor Pécsi](/source/S%C3%A1ndor_P%C3%A9csi) as Bodrogi
- [Mária Lázár](/source/M%C3%A1ria_L%C3%A1z%C3%A1r) as Mrs.Bodrogi
- [Vali Korompai](/source/Vali_Korompai) as Piri
- [Rózsi Csikós](/source/R%C3%B3zsi_Csik%C3%B3s) as soubrette
- [Samu Balázs](/source/Samu_Bal%C3%A1zs) as major
- [Béla Barsi](/source/B%C3%A9la_Barsi) as Kontra
- [László Kozák](/source/L%C3%A1szl%C3%B3_Koz%C3%A1k) as Pali
- [László Márkus](/source/L%C3%A1szl%C3%B3_M%C3%A1rkus) as journalist
- [Ádám Szirtes](/source/%C3%81d%C3%A1m_Szirtes) as Jakab János
- [Ervin Kibédi](/source/Ervin_Kib%C3%A9di) as waiter
- [György Kálmán](/source/Gy%C3%B6rgy_K%C3%A1lm%C3%A1n) as billiard player
- [Zoltán Gera](/source/Zolt%C3%A1n_Gera_(actor)) as letter barrel
- [János Makláry](/source/J%C3%A1nos_Makl%C3%A1ry) as german soldier

## References

1. Liehm & Liehm p.169

1. Ostrowska, Pitassi & Varga p.98

## Bibliography

- Liehm, Mira & Liehm, Antonín J. *The Most Important Art: Soviet and Eastern European Film After 1945*. University of California Press, 1980.
- Ostrowska, Dorota, Pitassio, Francesco & Varga, Zsuzsanna. *Popular Cinemas in East Central Europe: Film Cultures and Histories*. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2017.

## External links

- [Sunday Romance](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050161/) at IMDb

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