Singing Makes Life Beautiful
1950 film
- 24 September 1950 (1950-09-24)
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Singing Makes Life Beautiful (Hungarian: Dalolva szép az élet) is a 1950 Hungarian musical comedy film directed by Márton Keleti and starring Imre Soós, Violetta Ferrari and Ferenc Ladányi.[1] It was shot at the Hunnia Studios in Budapest. The film's sets were designed by the art director József Pán.
Synopsis
In the choral society of a factory, there is a division between those who prefer traditional music and those enthralled by modern music such a swing.
Cast
- Imre Soós as Torma Feri
- Violetta Ferrari as Kádas Zsóka
- Ferenc Ladányi as Lakatos párttitkár
- Samu Balázs as Réz Gyõzõ, karnagy
- Kálmán Latabár as Seregély Bálint
- Gyula Gózon as öreg Kádas
- József Bihari as Berta bácsi
- László Kozák as Horváth
- Árpád Lehotay as Deák
- József Simándi as Varga Pali
- László Bánhidi as Kandi
- Sándor Tompa as Szarda Pali
- Zoltán Makláry as Galamb
- Imre Pongrácz as Swing Tóni
- János Gálcsiki as Nagy István
- Lajos Mányai as Clerk
- Géza Szigeti as Boy ironworker
- András Tollas as Boy ironworker
- Csaba Füzesi as Boy ironworker
- Hédi Váradi as A nézõ
Soundtrack
The film's soundtrack features songs from the composers' repertoire: Novilov, Ferenc Erkel, Lajos Bárdos, Ferenc Farkas, Ferenc Szabó, Béla Tardos.
References
- ^ Liehm & Liehm p.152
Bibliography
- Liehm, Mira & Liehm, Antonín J. The Most Important Art: Soviet and Eastern European Film After 1945. University of California Press, 1980.
External links
- Singing Makes Life Beautiful at IMDb
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The films of 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)
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