Dollar Daddy

1956 film

17 May 1956 (1956-05-17)

Running time

92 minutesCountryHungaryLanguageHungarian

Dollar Daddy (Hungarian: Dollárpapa) is a 1956 Hungarian comedy film directed by Viktor Gertler and starring Iván Darvas, János Rajz and Erzsi Somogyi.^[1] It was a success at the Hungarian box office, drawing over three million spectators.^[2] It was shot at the Hunnia Studios in Budapest and on location around Nagykőrös. The film's sets were designed by the art director Mátyás Varga.

Cast

Iván Darvas as Dr. Szekeres Jenõ
János Rajz as Hoffmann Tamás
Erzsi Somogyi as Koltayné
Imre Ráday as Koltay
Júlia Horváth as Gizi
Rozi Gaál as Kató
Tivadar Uray as Fõispán
Tivadar Horváth as A fõispán fia
József Timár as Polgármester
Lajos Mányai as Bottlik bankár
Sándor Peti as Brenner bankár
Sándor Tompa as Dr. Króny
Tibor Benedek as Faragó úr
László Bánhidi as Kocsis
István Egri as Kapitány úr
Márta Fónay as Polgármesterné
László Hlatky as Közjegyzõ
László Kabos as Kandel Ágost, szabómester
László Kazal as Húskereskedõ
Kálmán Koletár as Diák
Lenke Lorán as A polgármester lánya
János Makláry as Kocsis
László Misoga as Pék
József Máriáss as Szikszai bácsi
Imre Pongrácz as Börtönõr
Ernö Szabó as Leihner Rudolf, kereskedõ
László Ujlaky as Miniszter titkára

References

^ Cunningham p.83
^ Ostrowska, Pitassi & Varga p.98

Bibliography

Cunningham, John. Hungarian Cinema: From Coffee House to Multiplex. Wallflower Press, 2004.
Ostrowska, Dorota, Pitassio, Francesco & Varga, Zsuzsanna. Popular Cinemas in East Central Europe: Film Cultures and Histories. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2017.
Rîpeanu, Bujor. (ed.) International Directory of Cinematographers, Set- and Costume Designers in Film: Hungary (from the beginnings to 1988). Saur, 1981.