The Ghost Train (1933 film)

1933 film

The Ghost Train (Hungarian: Kísértetek vonata) is a 1933 Hungarian comedy mystery thriller film directed by Lajos Lázár and starring Jenö Törzs, Marika Rökk and Ella Gombaszögi.^[1] It is an adaptation of Arnold Ridley's 1923 play The Ghost Train. It was shot at the Hunnia Studios in Budapest. The film's sets were designed by the art director István Szirontai Lhotka. A Romanian version of the story was also produced the same year.

Synopsis

A group of passengers are stranded in an English country station the very night that a famed ghostly express train is due to appear.

Cast

• Jenö Törzs as Teddy Deakin
• Marika Rökk as Mary
• Ella Gombaszögi as Mrs. Burns
• Oscar Beregi Sr. as Dr. Stirling
• Lajos Ihász as Robert
• Zoltán Makláry as Black, állomásfõnök
• Margit Ladomerszky as Julia
• Sándor Pethes as Nászutas
• Ica Bodó as Nászutas
• Gábor Kertész as Price
• Ferenc Turay as Sofõr
• Elemér Baló as Rádióstiszt
• Jenö Herczeg as Elsõ utas
• Gyula Justh as Kalauz
• Vilmos Komlós as Második utas
• Rózsi Miklós as Lány a vonaton

References

1. Cunningham p.46

Bibliography

• Cunningham, John. Hungarian Cinema: From Coffee House to Multiplex. Wallflower Press, 2004.
• 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.

External links

• The Ghost Train at IMDb