The Chequered Coat

1940 film
  • 21 November 1940 (1940-11-21)
Running time
85 minutesCountryHungaryLanguageHungarian

The Chequered Coat (Hungarian: Pepita kabát) is a 1940 Hungarian comedy film directed by Emil Martonffi and starring Kálmán Latabár, Manyi Kiss and Zoltán Makláry.[1] [2] It was shot at the Hunnia Studios in Budapest. The film's sets were designed by the art director István Básthy.

Synopsis

A postmistress wants to marry off her daughters, but one of them Teri takes her dowry sewn into a coat and journeys to Budapest to buy a boarding house. One of the guests, a composer, falls in love with her and tries to prevent her being cheated in the city.

Cast

  • Kálmán Latabár as Laczffy, táncoskomikus
  • Manyi Kiss as Zsuzsa, Teri testvére
  • Zoltán Makláry as Végrehajtó
  • Mária Egry as Teri
  • Géza Földessy as Szepesy János
  • Lili Berky as Özvegy Takácsné, Teri anyja
  • Béla Mihályffi as Zenekiadó
  • Piroska Vaszary as Ráczné, panziótulajdonos
  • Ferenc Pethes asJános, zeneszerzõ
  • Pál Vessely as Ödön
  • Ilona Kiszely as Juci, énekesnõ
  • Árpád Latabár as Színigazgató
  • Livia Kollár as Komorna
  • Anci Barna as Sötéthné, színésznõ
  • Géza Berczy as Színész
  • Dóra Fáy Kiss as Egyik pepitakabátos lány
  • Livia Miklós as Pepita kabátos lány
  • Ibolya Orbán as Margit, ruhatáros
  • Tibor Puskás as Boy
  • Teri Radó as Margit, ruhatáros
  • Sándor Solymossy as Nemes úr, vendég a panzióban
  • Mária Szemlér as Pénztáros kisasszony
  • Rózsi Szerdahelyi as Feleség a panzióban
  • Gyula Szöreghy as Férfi a postán
  • Gyula Köváry
  • Ilona Kökény

References

  1. ^ Juhász p.68
  2. ^ Rîpeanu p.21

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.
  • The Chequered Coat at IMDb
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