A Woman Gets a Start

A Woman Gets a Start (Hungarian: Egy asszony elindul) is a 1949 Hungarian drama film directed by Imre Jeney and starring Klári Tolnay, Ferenc Ladányi and Lajos Básti. It was shot at the Hunnia Studios in Budapest. The film's sets were designed by the art director József Pán. The director's script underwent a number of changes during shooting due to intervention by the authorities, who insisted on an espionage element to the plot.

A Woman Gets a Start
Directed by	Imre Jeney
Written by	Judit Beczássy (novel) Imre Bencsik Imre Bóka
Produced by	József Golda
Starring	Klári Tolnay Ferenc Ladányi Lajos Básti
Cinematography	Barnabás Hegyi
Edited by	Sándor Zákonyi
Music by	Ferenc Farkas
Production company	Magyar Filmgyártó Nemzeti Vállalat
Release date	7 October 1949 (1949-10-07)
Running time	85 minutes
Country	Hungary
Language	Hungarian

Synopsis

A woman from a middle-class background goes to work in a factory in the new Communist Hungary and proves very successful at her job. However, her husband plans to steal the secret of a new welding machine and sell it in the West.

Cast

• Klári Tolnay as Bangháné, Ilonka
• Ferenc Ladányi as Bangha Kálmán, mérnök
• Zsuzsa Bánki as Marika
• Lajos Básti as Pándi Tibor
• Teri Horváth as Kati
• Gábor Mádi Szabó as Kovács, személyzetis
• Sándor Pécsi as Szekeres
• Miklós Szakáts as Miklós
• Karola Zala as Utcai árus, volt nagyságos asszony
• Róbert Dariday
• Iván Darvas
• Hilda Gobbi
• Ferenc Horváth
• László Kemény
• Sándor Kömíves
• Margit Makay
• Marcsa Simon
• Jóska Szilágyi
• Pista Szilágyi
• Tivadar Uray

Bibliography

• Liehm, Mira & Liehm, Antonín J. The Most Important Art: Soviet and Eastern European Film After 1945. University of California Press, 1980.
• Ostrowska, Dorota, Pitassio, Francesco & Varga, Zsuzsanna. Popular Cinemas in East Central Europe: Film Cultures and Histories. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2017.

External links

• A Woman Gets a Start at IMDb