The Talking Robe

{{short description|1942 film}} {{Infobox film | name = The Talking Robe | image = The Talking Robe.jpg | caption = | director = [[Géza von Radványi]] | producer = [[Jenõ Katona]] | based_on = ''The Talking Robe'' by [[Kálmán Mikszáth]] | writer = [[Károly Nóti]] [[Ágoston Pacséry]] [[Géza Palásthy]] [[Miklós Asztalos]] | narrator = | starring = [[Pál Jávor (actor)|Pál Jávor]] [[Maria von Tasnady]] [[László Szilassy]] | music = [[Ottó Vincze (composer)|Ottó Vincze]] | cinematography = [[Barnabás Hegyi]] | editing =[[László Katonka]] | studio =Erdélyi Filmgyártó | distributor = [[Titanus]] | released = {{Film date|1942|02|21|df=y}} | runtime = 89 minutes | country = Hungary | language = [[Hungarian language|Hungarian]] | budget = | gross = }} '''''The Talking Robe''''' (Hungarian: '''''A beszélő köntös''''') is a 1942 Hungarian [[historical film|historical]] [[fantasy film|fantasy]] [[adventure film]] directed by [[Géza von Radványi]] and starring [[Pál Jávor (actor)|Pál Jávor]], [[Maria von Tasnady]] and [[László Szilassy]].<ref>Somlyódy & Somlyódy p.619</ref><ref>Bolton & Wright p.52</ref> It was based on [[Kálmán Mikszáth]]'s 1889 novel of the same title. It was shot partially in colour at the [[Hunnia Studios]] in [[Budapest]]. The film's sets were designed by the [[art director]]s [[István Básthy]] and [[Sándor Iliszi]]. It was the first Hungarian film with outdoor scenes utilising [[Agfacolor]] colour technology.<ref>[http://hangosfilm.hu/alkotok/katona_jeno.htm Katona Jenő gyártásvezető] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004224405/http://hangosfilm.hu/alkotok/katona_jeno.htm |date=October 4, 2013 }}</ref> It was distributed in Italy, Hungary's wartime ally, by [[Titanus]]. It was later remade as a 1969 film of the same name.

==Cast== * [[Pál Jávor (actor)|Pál Jávor]] as Mihály Lestyák Junior * [[Maria von Tasnady]] as Cinna * [[Ferenc Kiss (actor)|Ferenc Kiss]] as Mihály Lestyák * [[László Szilassy]] as [[Mehmed the Conqueror|Mehmed II]] * [[Gyula Csortos]] as [[Pasha]] of Buda * [[Tivadar Bilicsi]] as Putnoky * [[Béla Mihályffi]] as Ágoston * [[Árpád Lehotay]] as Mihály Szűcs Mihály, judge * [[József Bihari]] as Pintyő * [[Sándor Tompa]] as Máté Puszta * [[Erzsi Orsolya]] as Sára, Gipsy lady * [[József Juhász]] as [[Bey]] Olaj * [[György Kürthy (actor)|György Kürthy]] as Porosznoki * [[Piri Vaszary]] as Mrs Fábián * [[Jenö Danis]] as Cselebi Mollah * [[Nándor Bihary]] as Fõeunuch

==References== {{reflist}}

==Bibliography== *Bolton, Lucy & Wright, Julie Lobalzo (ed.) ''Lasting Screen Stars: Images that Fade and Personas that Endure''. Springer, 2016. * Somlyódy, László & Somlyódy, Nóra. ''Hungarian Arts and Sciences: 1848-2000''. Social Science Monographs, 2003.

==Sources== * [http://www.port.hu/a_beszelo_kontos/pls/w/films.film_page?i_film_id=37244 Port.hu] * {{IMDb title|0033385}}

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