A Woman Gets a Start (Hungarian: Egy asszony elindul) is a 1949 Hungarian drama film directed by Imre Jeney and starring Klári Tolnay, Ferenc Ladányi and Lajos Básti. It was shot at the Hunnia Studios in Budapest. The film's sets were designed by the art director József Pán. The director's script underwent a number of changes during shooting due to intervention by the authorities, who insisted on an espionage element to the plot.Liehm & Liehm p.152

Synopsis A woman from a middle-class background goes to work in a factory in the new Communist Hungary and proves very successful at her job. However, her husband plans to steal the secret of a new welding machine and sell it in the West.

Cast Klári Tolnay as Bangháné, Ilonka Ferenc Ladányi as Bangha Kálmán, mérnök Zsuzsa Bánki as Marika Lajos Básti as Pándi Tibor Teri Horváth as Kati Gábor Mádi Szabó as Kovács, személyzetis Sándor Pécsi as Szekeres Miklós Szakáts as Miklós Karola Zala as Utcai árus, volt nagyságos asszony Róbert Dariday Iván Darvas Hilda Gobbi Ferenc Horváth László Kemény Sándor Kömíves Margit Makay Marcsa Simon Jóska Szilágyi Pista Szilágyi Tivadar Uray

References

Bibliography Liehm, Mira & Liehm, Antonín J. The Most Important Art: Soviet and Eastern European Film After 1945. University of California Press, 1980. Ostrowska, Dorota, Pitassio, Francesco & Varga, Zsuzsanna. Popular Cinemas in East Central Europe: Film Cultures and Histories. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2017.

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