The Borrowed Castle

1937 1h 25m HU

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8.5

MASTERPIECE

★8.5TMDB · 2

Comedy

Synopsis

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Among the Gruber family, the rumor spreads like wildfire that their wealthy American relative, Menyhért Gruber, is visiting Hungary with his daughter, Mary. Various plans are devised to exploit the rich relative. The boldest of them all is the plan of Bálint Koltay, who directly pursues Mary's hand. However, the young ones fall in love with each other so deeply that Bálint stands by Mary even when the "wealthy" Gruber informs him that he's bankrupt. At this point, the only thing left to arrange is for Bálint, who poses as a landowner, to actually present a noble castle to his future father-in-law.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Piri Vaszary
Koltay Sándorné
Ida Turay
Koltay Kató
Imre Ráday
Koltay Bálint
Gábor Rajnay
Koltay Gábor
Gyula Kabos
Gruber Menyhért
Klári Tolnay
Gruber Mary
Márton Rátkai
lawyer Gruber
Zoltán Makláry
angry Gruber

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Ladislao Vajda
Writers: Adorján Stella, Dezsö Kellér, István Békeffy
Languages: Hungarian

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RUNTIME

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85 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 5

ERA

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89 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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3 / 5

CAST

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Piri Vaszary and Ida Turay and Imre Ráday carry the top of the cast.

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4 / 5

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0029099 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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5 / 5

WILD

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Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Ladislao Vajda directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Dialogue in Hungarian.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

185 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
289 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Piri Vaszary and Ida Turay and Imre Ráday carry the top of the cast.
4IMDB entry: tt0029099 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
5Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.