Haunting Spirit

Haunting Spirit
Directed by	Lajos Zilahy
Written by	Lajos Zilahy
Based on	Haunting Spirit by Lajos Zilahy
Starring	Katalin Karády Antal Páger Gyula Csortos
Cinematography	István Eiben
Edited by	Zoltán Farkas
Music by	Tibor Polgár
Production company	Pegazus Film
Release date	28 October 1940 (1940-10-28)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	Hungary
Language	Hungarian

Haunting Spirit (Hungarian: Hazajáró lélek) is a 1940 Hungarian drama film directed by Lajos Zilahy and starring Katalin Karády, Antal Páger and Gyula Csortos. It was shot at the Hunnia Studios in Budapest. The film's sets were designed by the art director Imre Sörés.

Synopsis

A former singer's happy marriage comes under increasing strain due to her husband's jealousy. He hires private detectives to follow her and even believes that a contract he has earned has been given to him by a man who is his wife's lover. When he dies in a railway accident, his wife is haunted by what she feels is his reproachful spirit. Eventually she is able to find happiness with her husband's formed assistant.

Cast

• Katalin Karády as Mária
• Antal Páger as Török Ágoston mérnök
• Gyula Csortos as Mulatótulajdonos
• Gerö Mály as Török inasa
• Lajos Hajmássy as Arany István mérnök
• Piroska Vaszary as Náni, Török házvezetõnõje
• Manyi Kiss as Mici, táncosnõ
• Magdolna Féja as Talber barátnõje
• Blanka Raffay as Táncosnõ, mici utóda
• Sándor Pethes as Báró dulcinsky
• József Bihari as Postás
• Sándor Hidassy as Rendõr
• Ernö Mihályi as Mayer úr, a 'Rézkrajcár' tulajdonosa
• Lenke Egyed as Eta néni, Mária gondviselõje
• István Károlyi as Sofõr
• György Kürthy as Béla bácsi
• Lajos Sugár as Fõpincér
• Ferenc Szabó as Pincér
• Gyula Szöreghy as Sírköves

References

Bibliography

• Juhász, István. Kincses magyar filmtár 1931–1944: az eredeti forgatókönyvből 1931 és 1944 között létrejött hazai mozgóképekről. Kráter, 2007.
• Rîpeanu, Bujor. (ed.) International Directory of Cinematographers, Set- and Costume Designers in Film: Hungary (from the beginnings to 1988). Saur, 1981.
• Taylor, Richard (ed.) The BFI companion to Eastern European and Russian cinema. British Film Institute, 2000.

External links

• Haunting Spirit at IMDb

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