A Strange Role
1976 film
- 6 January 1976 (1976-01-06)
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A Strange Role (Hungarian: Herkulesfürdői emlék, also known as Improperly Dressed[1][2] and released in the US as Strange Masquerade) is a 1976 Hungarian drama film directed by Pál Sándor. It was entered into the 27th Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Silver Bear.[3] The film was also selected as the Hungarian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 50th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.[4]
Plot
The film is about a young Hungarian Communist man, who ends up hiding from the country's White Russian oppressors in a remote sanatorium, disguised as a woman in 1919.[5]
Cast
- Margit Dajka – Öreg primadonna
- Irma Patkós – Kegyelmes Asszony
- Carla Romanelli – Olasznő
- Dezső Garas – Reményi / Glück úr / Fényképész
- Sándor Szabó – Wallach doktor
- Endre Holmann – Galambos Sarolta / Kövesi János (as Holman Endre)
- Hédi Temessy – Ágota kisasszony
- Ildikó Pécsi – Mesternő
- Mária Lázár – Füsthajú nő
- Ági Margittay – Ambrusné (as Margitai Ági)
- Erzsébet Kútvölgyi – Zsófi nővér
- András Kern – Ács István
- György Simon – Lajos bácsi
- Georgiana Tarjan – Reményi Margitka (as Györgyi Tarján)
- Márk Zala – Különítményes tiszt
See also
- List of submissions to the 50th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of Hungarian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
- ^ "HERKULESFÜRDÖI EMLEK (1976)". BFI. Archived from the original on 14 April 2021.
- ^ Kermode and Mayo's Film Review, BBC Radio 5 Live, Fri 17 Sep 2021
- ^ "Berlinale 1977: Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
- ^ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
- ^ "Improperly Dressed". Time Out Worldwide.
External links
- A Strange Role at IMDb
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Hungarian submissions for Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
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