The New Landlord

The story

Az Uj Foldesur (The New Squire) was based on a novel by popular Hungarian author Maurice Jokal, whose many works had previously been largely ignored. After the wars of 1848, a retired Austrian army officer "returns to the soil" as a gentleman farmer in Hungary in the 1850s. The old campaigner is the father of two daughters: One of the girls comes to a sad end thanks to the malfeasances of a handsome spy, but the other has a happier fate when she falls in love with a Hungarian POW. The underlying theme is brotherhood, as the formerly warring Austrians and Hungarians at last find a common ground. Az Uj Foldesur was nearly twice as expensive as the average Hungarian film -- but at $40,000, its budget was a drop in the bucket compared to a typical Hollywood production.

Cast

A Artúr SomlayAnkerschmidt, lovag (as Somlay Arthur) M Mária EgryElíz, Anckersmih lánya Z Zita GordonHermine, Anckerschmidt másik lánya G Gyula CsortosGaramvölgyi Ádám P Pál JávorGaramvölgyi Aladár K Kálmán RózsahegyiKampós M Mária LázárCorinna T Tivadar UrayStraff Péter P Piri PeéryNatalie G Gerő MályDr.Grisák, ügyvéd Z Zoltán MakláryMaxenpfutsch G György KürthyBränhänsel

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G Gyula JusthMikucsek (as Juszt Gyula) T Tivadar BilicsiGeorg E Ede HilbertGyuszi (as ifj. Hilbert Ede) A Angéla KörössyCigányasszony B Böske T. OláhDajka Z Zoltán PethöAz õr G Gyula TapolczayFellegormi (as Tapolcay Gyula) L Lajos GárdayAnton