# Try and Win > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Try_and_Win > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Try_and_Win.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Try_and_Win > Source revision: 1347032260 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1952 film Try and Win Romanian poster Directed by Márton Keleti Written by Károly Nóti István Békeffy Based on Novel by György Szepesi and Gyula Gulyás Produced by Mrs. Miklós Vitéz [hu] Starring Imre Soós János Görbe Violetta Ferrari Cinematography György Illés Edited by Sándor Zákonyi Music by Tamás Bródy Szabolcs Fényes Production company Mafilm Release date 24 February 1952 (1952-02-24) Running time 102 minutes Country Hungary Language Hungarian ***Try and Win*** (Hungarian: ***Civil a pályán***) is a 1952 Hungarian [sports](/source/Sports_film) [comedy film](/source/Comedy_film) directed by [Márton Keleti](/source/M%C3%A1rton_Keleti) and starring [Imre Soós](/source/Imre_So%C3%B3s), [János Görbe](/source/J%C3%A1nos_G%C3%B6rbe) and [Violetta Ferrari](/source/Violetta_Ferrari).[1][2] It was shot at the [Hunnia Studios](/source/Hunnia_Studios) in [Budapest](/source/Budapest) and [on location](/source/Location_shooting) around [Lake Balaton](/source/Lake_Balaton). The film's sets were designed by the [art director](/source/Art_director) [József Pán](/source/J%C3%B3zsef_P%C3%A1n). It was one of the most popular Hungarian films of the era, attracting just under four and a half million spectators at the box office.[3] ## Cast - [Imre Soós](/source/Imre_So%C3%B3s) as Rácz Pista - [János Görbe](/source/J%C3%A1nos_G%C3%B6rbe) as Dunai százados - [Violetta Ferrari](/source/Violetta_Ferrari) as Teleki Marika - [Ferenc Szusza](/source/Ferenc_Szusza) as Teleki jóska - [Kálmán Latabár](/source/K%C3%A1lm%C3%A1n_Latab%C3%A1r) as Karikás - [Gyula Gózon](/source/Gyula_G%C3%B3zon) as Lajos bácsi - [Sándor Peti](/source/S%C3%A1ndor_Peti) as Inke bácsi - [Sándor Tompa](/source/S%C3%A1ndor_Tompa) as Csótány - [Lajos Rajczy](/source/Lajos_Rajczy) as Mészáros - [János Zách](/source/J%C3%A1nos_Z%C3%A1ch) as Bakos,Ü.B.titkár - [Hilda Gobbi](/source/Hilda_Gobbi) as Rácz néni - [Lajos Mányai](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lajos_M%C3%A1nyai&action=edit&redlink=1) as Edzõ - [Ilona Dajbukát](/source/Ilona_Dajbuk%C3%A1t) as Erzsi néni - [János Gálcsiki](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=J%C3%A1nos_G%C3%A1lcsiki&action=edit&redlink=1) as Varga Pali - [Gyula Árkos](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gyula_%C3%81rkos&action=edit&redlink=1) as Lakatos - [Árpád Latabár](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%C3%81rp%C3%A1d_Latab%C3%A1r&action=edit&redlink=1) as Szakállas - [Gyula Tapolczay](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gyula_Tapolczay&action=edit&redlink=1) as Gecsõ, sportfelelõs - [György Solthy](/source/Gy%C3%B6rgy_Solthy) as Bogdán - [Sándor Pethes](/source/S%C3%A1ndor_Pethes) as Kubanek - [Béla Károlyi](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=B%C3%A9la_K%C3%A1rolyi_(actor)&action=edit&redlink=1) as policeman ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Cunningham p.73 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Balski p.154 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Ostrowska, Pitassio & Varga p.98 ## Bibliography - Balski, Grzegorz . *Directory of Eastern European Film-makers and Films 1945-1991*. Flicks Books, 1992. - Cunningham, John. *Hungarian Cinema: From Coffee House to Multiplex*. Wallflower Press, 2004. - Ostrowska, Dorota, Pitassio, Francesco & Varga, Zsuzsanna. *Popular Cinemas in East Central Europe: Film Cultures and Histories*. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2017 ## External links - [*Try and Win*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043415/) 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) This article related to a Hungarian film of the 1950s is a stub. 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