Magda Expelled

Magda Expelled (Hungarian: Magdát kicsapják) is a 1938 Hungarian comedy film directed by Ladislao Vajda and starring Ida Turay, Klári Tolnay and Antal Páger. The film was based on a play. In 1940 it was remade in Italy as Maddalena, Zero for Conduct with some changes (such as the recipient of the letter being from Vienna rather than London).

Synopsis

A schoolgirl accidentally sends a love letter written by one of her female teachers to a handsome lawyer in London, leading to a series of misunderstandings which are eventually resolved.

Cast

• Ida Turay as Magda Lévay
• Klári Tolnay as Erzsébet Makray, the teacher of commercial correspondence
• Antal Páger as Alfred Harvey
• György Nagy as István Horvay, Alfred's nephew
• Piri Peéry as the school director
• Sándor Góth as the chemistry teacher
• Gyula Gózon as Magda's father
• Márta Fónay as a student
• Valéria Hidvéghy as a student
• Gerő Mály as the janitor
• Erzsi Pártos as a student
• Kató Fényes[hu]
• Judith László
• Veronika Radó
• Magda Révfalvy
• Lili Szász
• István Dózsa
• István Falussy
• Aranka Hahnel
• Gusztáv Harasztos
• Gyula Justh
• Terus Kováts
• Márta Lendvay
• Sándor Pethes
• Mária Román
• Zsuzsa Simon
• Irén Sitkey
• Éva Somogyi
• Mária Szemlér

Reception

Dorothy Masters of the New York Daily News wrote that the film "harvests a bumper crop of comedy with a plot which gathers up fun as neatly as a farmer's reaper." Harry T. Smith of The New York Times praised the performances of Turay, Tolnay, Pager and Nagy. A reviewer of Variety stated: "One of the brightest, cleverest and most amusing pictures made in Hungarian thus far. Clever directing, shrewd acting, a lot of amusing gags and a pretty plot make 80 minutes’ excellent entertainment." The Film Daily wrote: "Amusing and well paced, this new Hungarian picture will find high favor with the Magyar audience."

Bibliography

• Reich, Jacqueline & Garofalo, Piero. Re-viewing Fascism: Italian Cinema, 1922-1943. Indiana University Press, 2002.

External links

• at IMDb