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. 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 ÃÂzvegy Takácsné, Teri anyja
- Béla Mihályffi as Zenekiadó
- Piroska Vaszary as Ráczné, panziótulajdonos
- Ferenc Pethes asJános, zeneszerzõ
- Pál Vessely as ÃÂdön
- Ilona Kiszely as Juci, énekesnõ
- ÃÂrpád Latabár as SzÃÂnigazgató
- Livia Kollár as Komorna
- Anci Barna as Sötéthné, szÃÂnésznõ
- Géza Berczy as SzÃÂnész
- 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
Bibliography
- Juhász, István. Kincses magyar filmtár 1931âÂÂ1944: az eredeti forgatókönyvbÃ
Âl 1931 és 1944 között létrejött hazai mozgóképekrÃ
Âl. 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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