Sunday Romance (Hungarian: Bakaruhában) is a 1957 Hungarian period romantic drama film directed by Imre Fehér and starring Iván Darvas, Margit Bara and Sándor Pécsi.[1] It is also known by the alternative title In Soldier's Uniform. It was based on the 1931 story of the same title by Sándor Hunyady, which had previously been adapted into the 1938 American film The Girl Downstairs. It was shot at the Hunnia Studios in Budapest and on location around Eger in Northern Hungary. The film's sets were designed by the art director Mátyás Varga.

Sunday Romance
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Directed byImre Fehér
Written byMiklós Hubay
Based onBakaruhában by Sándor Hunyady
Produced byLajos Óvári
StarringIván Darvas
Margit Bara
Sándor Pécsi
CinematographyJean Badal
Edited byMihály Morell
Music byTibor Polgár
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Release date
  • 1 May 1957 (1957-05-01)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryHungary
LanguageHungarian

The film was screened at the 1957 Venice Film Festival. It was one of the most popular films at the era, with over three and a half million admissions at the domestic box office.[2] In 1968 it was voted as one of the Budapest Twelve, the best films made in Communist Hungary.

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References

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  1. ^ Liehm & Liehm p.169
  2. ^ Ostrowska, Pitassi & Varga p.98

Bibliography

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  • 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.
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