Oliver Twist (Hungarian: ) is a 1919 Hungarian silent drama film directed by Márton Garas and starring Tibor Lubinszky, Emil Fenyvessy and Jenő Törzs. It is an adaptation of the 1838 novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens.Laura Horak, Girls Will Be Boys: Cross-Dressed Women, Lesbians, and American Cinema, 1908-1934 (Rutgers University Press, 2016).
Plot summary Raised in an orphanage after his mother died shortly after childbirth, Oliver Twist lives on the street. He meets a thief, a boy named Jack Dawkins but known as the Artful Dodger. This introduces him to Fagin, leader of a gang of children, petty thieves and pickpockets. But Oliver is not a thief and does not want to steal. In the end, he will find his family and will be able to live an honest life.
Cast Tibor Lubinszky - Olivér Emil Fenyvessy - Brownlow Jenő Törzs - Monks László Z. Molnár - Fagin Sári Almási - Nancy József Hajdú - Bumble Marcsa Simon - Bumblené Gyula Szőreghy - Sikes Ernő Verebes - 1. tolvaj Dezső Radány - 2. tolvaj Margit von Banlaky - Róza
References
Bibliography Cunningham, John. Hungarian Cinema: From Coffee House to Multiplex. Wallflower Press, 2004.
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