The Bridge of Life

The Bridge of Life (Hungarian: Az élet hídja) is a 1956 Hungarian drama film directed by Márton Keleti and starring János Görbe, Ági Mészáros and Zoltán Makláry. It was adapted by Gyula Háy from his own play of the same title. It was shot at the Hunnia Studios in Budapest. The film's sets were designed by the art director Mátyás Varga.

The Bridge of Life
Directed by	Márton Keleti
Written by	Gyula Háy
Based on	The Bridge of Life by Gyula Háy
Produced by	László Szirtes
Starring	János Görbe Ági Mészáros Zoltán Makláry
Cinematography	György Illés
Edited by	Sándor Zákonyi
Music by	András Mihály
Production company	Mafilm
Release date	19 January 1956 (1956-01-19)
Running time	88 minutes
Country	Hungary
Language	Hungarian

Cast

• János Görbe as Bódog Mihály
• Ági Mészáros as Erzsi, Bódog felesége
• Zoltán Makláry as Varga
• Márta Fónay as Ilus néni
• Lili Berky as Öreg méltóságos asszony
• Irén Sütö as Anna - Pongory lánya
• Tivadar Uray as Pongory professzor
• Gyula Benkö as Pongory fia
• Lajos Rajczy as Dániel
• Tivadar Horváth as Kicskó
• Mária Mezei as Szádváryné
• Lajos Mányai as Márki
• Tibor Fehéregyházi as Varga Jani
• Ferenc Kállai as Varga Tóni
• István Somló as Võneki
• Edit Soós as Sári
• Sándor Szabó as Jánosi, fõmérnök
• Miklós Szakáts as Ernõffy
• Béla Károlyi as One of the bridge construction workers
• Gyula Bakos
• John Bartha as One of the bridge construction workers
• Katalin Berek
• József Bihari
• Andor Dárday
• János Dömsödi
• Frida Gombaszögi
• Ibolya Gábor
• Imre Halmay
• János Holl
• Mária Keresztessy
• Ervin Kibédi
• Juci Komlós
• László Kozák
• Lajos Lendvai
• János Makláry
• István Palotai
• Imre Pongrácz
• János Rajz
• István Rozsos
• Vali Rácz
• Endre Szemethy

Bibliography

• Balski, Grzegorz . Directory of Eastern European Film-makers and Films 1945-1991. Flicks Books, 1992.
• Homoródy, József. Magyar film, 1948-1963. Filmtudományi Intézet, 1964.

External links

• The Bridge of Life at IMDb