Sándor Pethes
Acting
Biography
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Born: August 28, 1899
Place of Birth: Kassa, Austria-Hungary [now Kosice, Slovak Republic]
Known For
On Home Grounds
This ironic comedy is set in the god-forsaken Kiskúnbékás, at the end of the fifties. There are no jobs, the town's "golden team", who once were third class national soccer players have scattered
Keep Your Chin Up!
On the Spring of 1945 the Jackson circus is heading towards the border with the clown Peti and Aida, the elephant. They have to play for the Hungarian Fascists, while Peti is hiding the Jew Annuska and Sanyika.
Katyi
Kató Varga (Klári Tolnay) is unable to play its part in front of the Admissions Committee of the School of Dramatic Art. Geszty (Tivadar Bilicsi), severe President of the Commission maintains that she has no talent for acting and mercilessly tells you will never be an actress. Kató prepares to take revenge and under the false name of Katyi Csiba, dressed as a peasant village, obtains admission to the house Geszty. Turning everything upside down, she makes your life hell.
Young Noszty and Mary Toth
Another winner from Hungarian director Ivan Szekely (aka S.K. Seeley and Steve Sekely), A Nosty fiu Esete Toth Marival was released in English-speaking regions as I Married for Love. Feri Noszty (Paul Javor) is a handsome but irresponsible Hussar officer who prefers a life of wine, women and song to his military responsibilities. Unwilling to bow to family pressure, Feri refuses to marry heiress Mary Toth (Eva Szorenyi) for her dowry alone. But Mary falls in love with the prideful Feri, and to win his affections she poses as her own poverty-stricken maid. Based on a novel by Kalman Mikszath, A Noszty Fiu Esete Toth Marival was filmed simultaneously in Hungarian- and German-language versions.
At Last
Julia, a spoiled mistress always looks for trouble After running away from her own engagement, she must stay at the shelter of an engineer in the woods.
The Siege of Beszterce
The film evokes count Pongrácz, who, as late as the 19th century, managed to live a life, which reminds one of his medieval ancestor's values. He acts in defiance of the town by fighting his own battle against it, having been offended by the town.
Springtime in Budapest
At Christmas Eve in 1944 the runaway Pintér and Gozsó get through the Soviet blockade around Budapest. Pintér intends to hide in a flat abandoned by his own relatives, but he finds his relatives called the Turnovszkys, who are hiding the Jewish Jutka as well. Love unfolds between Zoltán and Jutka.
Me and My Grandpa
A few days from a daily life of a regular school in Hungary during fifties.
The Lady is a Little Crazy
Bimbi, aka Takács Klára is unemployed. She lives in a sublet and has no idea how she will live and pay her bills. But luckily for her, the previous tenant, who had a letter of recommendation for the director of Tormássy Works, has now been put in a mental home. So he can apply for a job with the "unused" letter of recommendation. Since the letter says that the "lady with a bit of a bug" will not get a job, she can go to the son of the CEO as a typist's assistant.
Be True Until Death
The story follows the life of a bright and sensitive schoolboy growing up in an old, established boarding school in the city of Debrecen in eastern Hungary.
Filmography
as Nyelvtanár
as Lajos bácsi
as Sculptor
as Count
as Dr. Beck
as Kefehajú
as Locsi
as Hanák
as card cheater
as Eleméry gróf
as Parketttáncos
as Boda Géza
as Lajos
as Michel - A tolvaj
as Cafarelli
as Richard, Júlia vőlegénye
as Beteg
as Lakáj
as János, zeneszerző
as Dr.Csokonai István
as Ügyvéd
as Dr. Leonidas
as Gerber
as Kárász
as Hadnagy
as Gyula Kopácsi
as Nyári Béla, újságíró
as Tanár
as Szobotka tanár úr
as Gregorics Gáspár
as Péter Gáldy
as Dani, a betörő barátja
as Józsi,a sofőr
as Bajnóczi
as Dr. Csorba
as Nászutas
as Dance Master