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Liliomfi is a 1954 Hungarian comedy film directed by Károly Makk. It was entered into the 1955 Cannes Film Festival. Set in the "Golden Era" of the wandering Hungarian theatre troupes. Mariska and Liliomfi fall in love without suspecting that Mariska's foster father, Professor Szilvay, is also Liliomfi's uncle. Soon the couple must contend with the professor's plan to make Liliomfi give up his "unrespectable" profession of acting by exposing the professor's hypocrisy, greed, and tyrannical selfishness.

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Budget

$468

Revenue

$25

Status

Released

Original Language

Hungarian

Runtime

109 mins

Rating

6.4/10

Release Date

24 February 1955

Country

Hungary

Cast

Iván Darvas

Iván Darvas

Liliomfi

Marianne Krencsey

Marianne Krencsey

Mariska

Dajka Margit

Dajka Margit

Camilla

Samu Balázs

Samu Balázs

Szilvay professzor

Éva Ruttkai

Éva Ruttkai

Erzsi

Imre Soós

Imre Soós

Gyuri

Sándor Pécsi

Sándor Pécsi

Szellemfi

Sándor Tompa

Sándor Tompa

Kányai

Szemere Vera

Szemere Vera

Zengõbércziné

Dezső Garas

Dezső Garas

Ifjú Schnaps

Gábor Rajnay

Gábor Rajnay

Pejachevich gróf

Kálmán Rózsahegyi

Kálmán Rózsahegyi

Esküdt

Ferenc Krisztián

Ferenc Krisztián

Sándor Pethes

Sándor Pethes

Erzsi Pártos

Erzsi Pártos

János Rajz

János Rajz

Pandur

György Szoó

György Szoó

József Vándor

József Vándor

Alfréd Deésy

Alfréd Deésy

(uncredited)

Árpád Gyenge

Árpád Gyenge

Muzsikus (uncredited)

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