Purple Lilacs (1934)
Lila akác
Tóth Manci, a milliner turned dancer, meets Pali, a handsome banker, and falls madly in love. But she waits in vain for a word of encouragement from him, because he loves Lili, the belladonna. So Manci, in her grief, goes to Russia. By the time Pali realizes that he loves Manci too and wants to follow her, war breaks out, and he can only follow her as a soldier.
- Date of release
- 1934-09-06
- TMDB
- 7.0 / 10 (5)
- Runtime
- 1h 13m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Director
- Steve Sekely
Casting
- Irén Ágay — Manci Tóth
- Irén Biller — Hedi, dancer
- György Nagy — Pali
- Gyula Kabos — Angelusz
- Gyula Gózon — Weber
- Márton Rátkai — Zsezsé
- László Z. Molnár — Körmendi
- Sándor Pethes — Bajnóczi
- Ilona Eszterházy — Lili, beautiful lady
- István Berend — Sports guy
- Nusi Somogyi — Mili
- Stephen Bekassy — Charlie
Interesting facts
Purple Lilacs is a 1934 Hungarian musical comedy film directed by Steve Sekely and starring Irén Ágay, Irén Biller and György Nagy. It was shot at the Hunnia Studios in Budapest. The film's sets were designed by the art director Márton Vincze. It is based on the 1919 novel of the same title by Ernő Szép which was later remade as a 1973 film.
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