The Ghost Train (Hungarian: Kísértetek vonata) is a 1933 Hungarian comedy mystery thriller film directed by Lajos Lázár and starring Jenö Törzs, Marika Rökk and Ella Gombaszögi.[1] It is an adaptation of Arnold Ridley's 1923 play The Ghost Train. It was shot at the Hunnia Studios in Budapest. The film's sets were designed by the art director István Szirontai Lhotka. A Romanian version of the story was also produced the same year.
Synopsis
A group of passengers are stranded in an English country station the very night that a famed ghostly express train is due to appear.
Cast
- Jenö Törzs as Teddy Deakin
- Marika Rökk as Mary
- Ella Gombaszögi as Mrs. Burns
- Oscar Beregi Sr. as Dr. Stirling
- Lajos Ihász as Robert
- Zoltán Makláry as Black, állomásfõnök
- Margit Ladomerszky as Julia
- Sándor Pethes as Nászutas
- Ica Bodó as Nászutas
- Gábor Kertész as Price
- Ferenc Turay as Sofõr
- Elemér Baló as Rádióstiszt
- Jenö Herczeg as Elsõ utas
- Gyula Justh as Kalauz
- Vilmos Komlós as Második utas
- Rózsi Miklós as Lány a vonaton
References
- ^ Cunningham p.46
Bibliography
- Cunningham, John. Hungarian Cinema: From Coffee House to Multiplex. Wallflower Press, 2004.
- 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.