Deadly Kiss

1942 film

15 October 1942 (1942-10-15)

Running time

99 minutesCountryHungaryLanguageHungarian

Deadly Kiss (Hungarian: Halálos csók) is a 1942 Hungarian romantic drama film directed by László Kalmár and starring Katalin Karády, István Nagy and Gábor Rajnay.^[1]^[2] It was shot at the Hunnia Studios in Budapest. The film's sets were designed by the art director Ferenc Daday.

Cast

Katalin Karády as Balásfy Ágnes / Balásfy Eszter
István Nagy as Dr. Kemenes László - idegorvos
Gábor Rajnay as Balásfy Kristóf úr
László Perényi as Giulio Pietro Sarelli herceg
Jenö Pataky as Niccolo,a lantos
Zoltán Greguss as Cesare,a festõ
Artúr Somlay as Gergely úr,fõkomornyik
Ferenc Pethes as János, inas
Ila Nagy as Juci - szobalány
Marcsa Simon as Szakácsné
József Juhász as Várady Gusztáv,festõ
Géza Berczy as Iván - autóversenyzõ
Elemér Baló as Orlando - méregkereskedõ
Dezsö Somkuthy as Orvos

References

^ Taylor p.121
^ Somlyódy & Somlyódy p.266

Bibliography

Juhász, István. Kincses magyar filmtár 1931-1944: az eredeti forgatókönyvből 1931 és 1944 között létrejött hazai mozgóképekről. Kráter, 2007.
Rîpeanu, Bujor. (ed.) International Directory of Cinematographers, Set- and Costume Designers in Film: Hungary (from the beginnings to 1988). Saur, 1981.
Somlyódy, László & Somlyódy, Nóra. Hungarian Arts and Sciences: 1848-2000. Social Science Monographs, 2003.
Taylor, Richard (ed.) The BFI companion to Eastern European and Russian cinema. British Film Institute, 2000.