A Strange Role

A Strange Role
A Strange Role
Directed by	Pál Sándor
Written by	Pál Sándor; Zsuzsa Tóth
Starring	Margit Dajka
Cinematography	Elemér Ragályi
Edited by	Éva Kármentő
Release date	6 January 1976;
Running time	87 minutes
Country	Hungary
Language	Hungarian

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

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.