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- A light hearted comedy, from the thirties. One of the most successful ones in Hungary. The ever enchanting story of a beautiful girl falling in love with a rich man.
- Dr Halmi has very strict principles towards women. He only employs ugly women in his office. So what can a poor unemployed secretary do? With the help of a wig and a pair of glasses, disguised as an old ugly woman, she soon becomes the lawyer's indispensable secretary.
- Empress Elizabeth of the Austro-Hungarian empire in the 2nd half of the 19th century is fondly remembered for unraveling the troubles of distressed lovers. There are serenades, gypsy music, army uniforms, and moonlight.
- The child needs a mother, the doctor says, and András Hargittay, a young widower, is willing to do anything to help his daughter's sorrow. Soon he brings a wife to the house, but Erzsike, who has already been informed by her governess about evil stepmothers, receives her with fear and rejection.
- Young Hussar captain falls in love-at-first-sight with classy young blonde, who turns out to be the sister of his captain.
- The story follows the life of a bright and sensitive schoolboy growing up in an old, established boarding school in the city of Debrecen in eastern Hungary.
- The girls at a school for stenography have been taking dictation to a supposedly fictional Englishman, Alfred Harvey, in London. However, the teacher writes a romantic note which is accidentally mailed and it reaches a real person by that name in London. Alfred decides to investigate the matter further.
- A happy family's life by the river gets disturbed when a mysterious lady washes ashore.
- Essentially a documentary about the lives of the Hungarian Hortobagy plains horsemen and peasants, with a slight fictional storyline to hang it all on. The coming of 'machines' threatens the way of life of these peoples, and most of them want no contact with tractors or even bicycles. But not everyone agrees.
- Count Sandor Vajk casts off a former lover, Olga Komarowska, who dies. Joe Selfridge, a magician, sets out to avenge the dead girl. He employs hypnotism, illusions and Vera, the sister of the dead girl, in an effort to punish Vajk, and gain retribution for the death of Olka. But, Vajk and Maria fall in love.
- A vehicle for the actor S Z Sakall, later popular in Hollywood, about a small town store owner whose sons abandon him for the big city, until financial problems there lead him to rescue them and bring them back.
- A young countess and piano enthusiast runs away from her marriage to join Liszt as a pupil. She meets a new young man who her fiance challenges to duel.
- Torday Henrik is a wealthy invalid on his deathbed but, when relatives start gathering like vultures, he decides to spite them and get well. In the midst of the celebration Mami Gasparne and her son, Kovacs, arrive from Texas, and upset the goings-on with their strange manner...including, one presumes, speaking Hungarian with a Texas accent. Since Kovacs is his nephew, Torday welcomes them as additions to the family and has a marriage arranged for Kovacs. But the real romance starts when Ilonka is hired to instruct Kovacs in the manners and customs of the country.
- Henriette is in a forced marriage with Baron Hátszegi, and her heart's choice is a poor lawyer, Szilárd Vámhidy. Her hard life is further complicated by a mysterious black masked bandit, Fatia Negra, who is rumored by superstitious peasants to be the devil himself.