The State Department Store

The State Department Store (Hungarian: Állami áruház) is a 1953 Hungarian musical comedy film directed by Viktor Gertler and starring Miklós Gábor, Kálmán Latabár and Kamill Feleki. The film is set in and around a Budapest department store, whose employees are battling against black marketeers.

The State Department Store
Directed by	Viktor Gertler
Written by	Tibor Barabás Szilárd Darvas Béla Gádor
Produced by	Laszlo Vegh
Starring	Miklós Gábor Kálmán Latabár Kamill Feleki Zsuzsa Petress
Cinematography	Ottó Forgács
Edited by	Sándor Zákonyi
Music by	János Kerekes
Production company	Magyar Filmgyártó Vállalat
Release date	23 January 1953 (1953-01-23)
Running time	96 minutes
Country	Hungary
Language	Hungarian

Cast

• Miklós Gábor - Kocsis Ferenc
• Kálmán Latabár - Dániel
• Kamill Feleki - Glauziusz
• Zsuzsa Petress - Ilonka
• Ida Turay - Boriska
• Lajos Mányai - Dancs
• Tivadar Horváth - Klimkó
• Gyula Gózon - Bezzegh bácsi
• Anna Tõkés - Iványiné
• Mária Mezei - Dancsné
• Andor Ajtay
• János Bagyinszky
• John Bartha - A man who walking in the boathouse with an oar on his shoulder
• Ida Boros
• Emmi Buttykay (as Buttykai Emmi)
• György Bárdy (as György Bárdi)
• Endre Csonka
• Sándor Deák
• György Dénes
• István Egri
• Antal Farkas
• Márta Fónay
• Zsuzsa Gordon
• János Gálcsiki
• Imre Halmay
• László Hlatky
• Teri Horváth
• Gyula Justh
• László Kabos
• János Kalocsai
• Gyula Kamarás
• László Keleti
• László Kemény
• Vilmos Komlós
• Gyula Köváry
• Lajos Lendvai
• Lenke Lorán
• Tibor Molnár
• Erzsi Orsolya (as Erzsébet Orsolya)
• Sándor Pethes
• Sándor Peti
• József Petrik
• Imre Pongrácz
• Erzsi Pártos
• Rudolf Romhányi
• Mária Rákosi
• Kálmán Rózsahegyi
• Kornélia Sallay (as Sallai Kornélia)
• Nusi Somogyi
• Imre Soós
• József Szendrő
• Éva Szentirmai
• László Ujlaky

Bibliography

• Mitter, Rana & Major, Patrick. Across the Blocs: Cold War Cultural and Social History. Psychology Press, 2004.

External links

• The State Department Store at IMDb