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Sensation (1936 Hungarian film)

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Sensation
Directed bySteve Sekely
Ladislao Vajda
Written byFerenc Herczeg
Gyula K. Halász
Márton Keleti
Károly Kristóf
Jenõ Szatmári
László Vadnay
Produced byErnö Gál
Béla Keleti
StarringIrén Ágay
Gyula Kabos
Zoltán Makláry
CinematographyRudolf Icsey
Karl Kurzmayer
Edited byJózsef Szilas
Music byTibor Polgár
Production
company
Magyar Film Iroda
Release date
  • 22 October 1936 (1936-10-22)
Running time
81 minutes
CountryHungary
LanguageHungarian

Sensation (Hungarian: Szenzáció) is a 1936 Hungarian comedy drama film directed by Steve Sekely and Ladislao Vajda and starring Irén Ágay, Gyula Kabos and Zoltán Makláry.[1][2] It was shot at the Hunnia Studios in Budapest. The film's sets were designed by the art director József Pán.

Synopsis

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A journalist and his editor discuss stories and the need for sensation in the news. Four different stories are then portrayed including one in which a down-on-his-luck many takes employment in a circus as the assistant to a knife thrower.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Hungarian Studies Review: HSR., Volumes 20–22. Hungarian Readers' Service, 1993. p.86
  2. ^ Khatib p.40

Bibliography

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  • Khatib, Lina H., Storytelling in World Cinemas, Volume 1. Columbia University Press, 2012.
  • 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.
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