Cecília Esztergályos — Actor (13)
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Duty Free Marriage (1980)
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János Zsombolyai actor: Mari Kiss / Cecília Esztergályos …
other title: Vámmentes házasság
Dini goes to Sweden illegally and abandons his fiancée, Mari. After several months a young Finnish businessman called Pekka arrives in Budapest, carrying a letter and package from Dini. The sympathetic Pekka is judged by the friends of Mari to be suitable for the task of a nominal marriage, by which Mari could get out legally to Dini.
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A Happy New Year! (1978)
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Rezső Szörény actor: István Bujtor / Erika Bodnár …
other title: BUÉK!
Three thirtysomething chemical scientists, Laci, Gyuri and Kati celebrate the success of their development program before New Year's Eve with drinking for several days. But the morning of New Year's Eve does not bring the expected recognition, because the nice, bald, old director is replaced by a young, bald, but disagreeable one. In a sodden atmosphere it becomes clear that everybody has an axe to grind in the informative discussions.
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Passing Fancy (1983)
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Gyula Maár actor: Jiří Menzel / Cecília Esztergályos …
other title: Felhőjáték
The main character of the story which takes place in the twenties in Budapest is the poet Dr. Rácz György, who returns after ten years of absence. In a café he meets his former friend Lajos, who has just broken up with his lover, Márta, because of the wife of professor Büchler. The transiently formed, rootless Rácz gets entangled into the sophisticated, complicated love affairs of bored or tired ladies.
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Football of the Good Old Days (1973)
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Pál Sándor actor: Dezső Garas / Tamás Major …
other title: Régi idők focija
The film is set in Budapest, 1924. Laundryman Ede Minarik's only passion is football. His dream is to see his team, Csabagyöngye, qualify for the first division. For this goal he would be willing to sacrifice everything he has. But he has nothing, even footballers just barely. The team is just like the times. But still, "we need a team!"
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Kojak in Budapest (1980)
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Sándor Szalkay actor: Inke László / Esztergályos Cecília …
other title: Kojak Budapesten
Lt. Kojak arrives in Budapest as a guest speaker for the 'International Crime Writers Conference'. Soon after he starts enjoying the pleasures that the city has to offer, he assists his old friends at the police department with a case. The case involves solving the murder of a noted scientist, unaware that a Mafia hit man and his female companion are targeting him.
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Willy the Sparrow (1990)
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József Gémes actor: Levente Igaz / Tolnay Klári …
other title: 麻雀威利 / Vili, a veréb …
Vili fakes illness so he doesn't have to take a math test. Instead, he starts shooting at sparrows from the window with an air rifle. The kindly old lady who feeds the birds turns out to be a real-life fairy who tries to turn Vili into a good boy.
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Mrs. Dery Where Are You? (1975)
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Gyula Maár actor: Mari Törőcsik / Ferenc Kállai …
other title: Déryné, hol van? / Où êtes-vous madame Déry ? …
Dery is a grande dame actress of the Sarah Bernhardt school of big-gesture theater. Her beauty and popularity is fading, and a new school of acting which involves the use of one's own emotions (a-la Eleanora Duse) is emerging in the person of her younger Viennese rival. She thinks of retiring from the stage, and reunites briefly with her estranged husband in a newly-built manor in the country. Finding that life there is boring, she returns to town, the theater, and her old friends.