Ferenc Pethes

Sparrows Are Birds Too (1968)

A comedy about two twin brothers - Sándor, who emigrated and became a rich man, and Zoltán, who stayed in Hungary and lives the life of an average working-class man. When Sándor visits his twin brother, they are constantly mistaken for each other, and w ...

Collision (1964)

Terpinkó, the bragging man of muscle likes womanising linked with betting: conquering is a great fun for him. He bet one to a hundred on his new boss, Éva. But the wife of the engineer handles all his tricks with annoying benevolence. Terpinkó falls in ...

Csutak and the Grey Horse (1961)

Csutak is just a pain in the neck, the little boy is even excluded from play by his mates. Vacation is spent lonely until one day he sneaks the woman haulier's old, shabby horse, a creature that would be better off in a slaughterhouse, out with himself. Po ...

Four Children in the Flood (1961)

December 1956. The region by the Tisza is evacuated because of a threatening flooding. ...

Don't Keep Off the Grass (1960)

Daddy Kárász, the stakhanovist worker, complains in a television interview about the fact that his family, consisting of many members, cannot get a home on their own. Kéri, the chairman of the local authority, promises to help him on the condition that ...

Love and Money (1960)

Feri Noszty forges bills of exchange, which is an unforgivable sin in his circle. The family, to pay the debt and save the boy's honour, cash in their only fortune by marrying Vilma, Feri's sister, to a wealthy man. But this will not save Feri, who must re ...

Fatia Negra (1959)

The old, sickly Demeter Lapussa is a tyrant in the family. He forces his granddaughter, the beautiful Henriette, to marry baron Hátszegi, although the girl loves the penniless Vámhidy Szilárd. The two lovers attempt to commit suicide, then are torn away ...

Abyss (1956)

Nagy István, the formerly poor peasant boy returns to his native village as a teacher. His conviction is that the abyss between rich and poor can be diminished by good will. The rich Böröcz Horváth Klári returns his love, and also Böröcz Horváth is ...

Rákóczi's Lieutenant (1954)

1708 János Bornemissza became the master of stras of Blind Bottyán from a raiding Kuruk. His weapon is driven by patriotism and love for Anna Bíró, the most beautiful girl in réthe. The captured Count Starhemberg takes the Labanc general to the Prince ...

The Birth of Menyhért Simon (1954)

Every member of a small community in the snow-capped Bükk Mountains is trying to help the doctor get to István Simon forester's house where his wife is about to give birth to their first child. ...

The Storm (1952)

Vörös Hajnal (Red Dawn), a co-operative is the venue of skylarking, while the storm destroys the wheat which is to be harvested soon. Árendás, a middle-peasant, voices severe accusations against members of the co-operative: out of negligence, they fail ...

Club Seven (1944)

In a small town in the countryside, the election of the president of the restaurant trade association is under way. The two rivals, Dénes Kövi, owner of the elegant Korona restaurant, and Antal Bálint, owner of the staid Makkhetes restaurant, are puttin ...

Mollycoddle (1943)

Miklós Kátay, a spoiled, peppery gentleman, changes to his advantage when he joins the military. He is helped by his old acquaintance, Sergeant Menyhért, who is courting his cook, and a new recruit, Balázs, who becomes his friend. In the barracks, he c ...

One Bad Egg (1943)

The hero of the story, Gyuszi Ádám, the Jómadár, a lawyer's clerk in Pest, returns home to his parents in Kőhegy, and disrupts the stale, uneventful life of the small town with his mere appearance. He decides to revive his father's dying law firm and ...

És a vakok látnak (1943)

Back on the Road (1941)

Kovács, chief cashier, is celebrating the 30th anniversary of his school-leaving exams at the grammar-school. He takes his friends to a night-club. ...

Tokaj Wine (1941)

Lidi, daughter of a wealthy family gets to Pest as a maid because she resisted the will of her mother and did not marry the chosen suitor. In Pest falls in love with the suitor of her mistress Pista Szeniczey . Pista returns her feelings, but due to a misu ...

Lesz, ami lesz (1941)

Rosewood Cane (1940)

After having spent 22 months in prison, Viktor Pálos returns to his homeland, where he is going to be involved in the robbery committed by his relatives. ...

Closed Court (1940)

dr. Benedek Gábor, a famous solicitor in Eger, is the defense counsel of a murderer, who killed his wife out of jealousy. Gábor lives in a happy marriage with Anna. One day, however, Szentgyörgyi Péter, a famous pianist, comes to Eger. He once was love ...

The Captive of Gorod (1940)

The film takes place in Russia during the World War I. Three Hungarian POWs are on the run from their Russian captives. One of them gets shot down. Lieutenant Balogh and Miska, his servant, are brought before Szergej Dragow. The Russian offers to take them ...

Fűszer és csemege (1940)

Szervusz Péter! (1939)

Peter is mistaken for a famous African traveler. At the request of his friend for a week it takes over the role, but Eva learns the role exchange and plans to take advantage of this knowledge. ...

Pénz áll a házhoz (1939)

When Lajos Molnár loses his job and his love his friends tell him that a recently deceased Argentinian relative left millions to him. ...

The Lady is a Little Crazy (1938)

Bimbi, aka Takács Klára is unemployed. She lives in a sublet and has no idea how she will live and pay her bills. But luckily for her, the previous tenant, who had a letter of recommendation for the director of Tormássy Works, has now been put in a ment ...

The Crucial Moment (1938)

Kulinyi, the theatre secretary in Budapest, becomes the director of a rural theatre. He takes with him a talented, budding theatre couple, Gábor Bálint and Éva Pap. He fights a hopeless battle with drunken and jaded actors, undemanding audiences, and de ...

Marika (1938)

Marika is adopted by Orbán Sándor after his wife dies. However, when she reaches the age of 19, he discovers she is more attractive than any of the women he knows. There are a few complications before Marika realizes that her foster father, Orbán, will ...

Young Noszty and Mary Toth (1938)

Another winner from Hungarian director Ivan Szekely (aka S.K. Seeley and Steve Sekely), A Nosty fiu Esete Toth Marival was released in English-speaking regions as I Married for Love. Feri Noszty (Paul Javor) is a handsome but irresponsible Hussar officer w ...

The Torocko Bride (1937)

András and Rózsi have been engaged for years now, but, given the absence of her certificate of baptism, they cannot get married. ...

The Borrowed Castle (1937)

Among the Gruber family, the rumor spreads like wildfire that their wealthy American relative, Menyhért Gruber, is visiting Hungary with his daughter, Mary. Various plans are devised to exploit the rich relative. The boldest of them all is the plan of Bá ...