The Moneymaker (film)

The Moneymaker (Hungarian: A pénzcsináló) is a 1964 Hungarian comedy film directed by Frigyes Bán and starring Sándor Pécsi, Itala Békés and Hilda Gobbi. It was shot at the Hunnia Studios in Budapest and on location around Sopron. The film's sets were designed by the art director Lóránt Kézdi.

The Moneymaker
Directed by	Frigyes Bán
Written by	Lajos Tolnai (novel) Imre Bencsik
Produced by	György Sívó
Starring	Sándor Pécsi Itala Békés Hilda Gobbi
Cinematography	Ottó Forgács
Edited by	Mária Daróczy
Music by	Szabolcs Fényes
Production company	Mafilm
Release date	16 April 1964 (1964-04-16)
Running time	88 minutes
Country	Hungary
Language	Hungarian

Cast

• Sándor Pécsi as Bányai Péter
• Itala Békés as Lina, Bányai felesége
• Hilda Gobbi as özvegy Hagymássyné
• István Egri as Mikola, titkosrendõr
• Zoltán Greguss as Fõkapitány
• László Ungváry as gróf Kerényi
• Hédi Temessy as Kerényiné
• Sándor Deák as Fõpolgármester
• Siegfried Brachfeld as Riedl, államtitkár
• László Kemény as Nemere de Genere
• László Márkus as Nemere Ubul
• Frigyes Bán as Ferenc József
• Cecília Esztergályos as Bányai Sárika
• Sándor Tompa as Miller
• Pál Somogyvári as Fogalmazó
• Géza Szigeti as Fogalmazó
• István Nagy as Simon Márk, fûszeres
• László Bánhidi as Sintér
• Sándor Pethes as Horoghy Dániel
• Antal Farkas as Bodnár Gazsi
• József Horváth as Gyontató pap
• Rudolf Romhányi as Ügyvéd úr
• László Ferencz as Ügyvéd
• János Horkay as Börtön igazgató
• György Gozmány as Földbirtokos
• Ildikó Pádua as Vendéglõsné
• Gellért Raksányi as Rikkancs
• László Misoga as Inas
• Jutka Saródy as Bányai Zsófika
• Iván Verebély as Fõhadnagy

Bibliography

• Balski, Grzegorz . Directory of Eastern European Film-makers and Films 1945-1991. Flicks Books, 1992.
• Rîpeanu, Bujor. (ed.) International Directory of Cinematographers, Set- and Costume Designers in Film: Hungary (from the beginnings to 1988). Saur, 1981.

External links

• The Moneymaker at IMDb