| Fever | |
| Director: | Viktor Gertler |
| Producer: | László Szirtes |
| Starring: | Ferenc Bessenyei Tivadar Uray Margit Bara |
| Music: | György Ránki |
| Editing: | Sándor Boronkay |
| Studio: | Mafilm |
| Runtime: | 113 minutes |
| Country: | Hungary |
| Language: | Hungarian |
Fever (Hungarian: Láz) is a 1957 Hungarian drama film directed by Viktor Gertler and starring Ferenc Bessenyei, Tivadar Uray and Margit Bara.[1] [2] [3] It was shot at the Hunnia Studios in Budapest. The film was written by Peter Szász.[4] The film's sets were designed by the art director István Kovács.[5]
After the First World War an aspiring engineer returns from captivity to try and establish aluminium production. He attracts the attention of both Zsuzsa, the daughter of a prominent man, and Flóra a teacher.
" It took a year and a half to make the film, shooting having taking place until just before the events of 1956."[6] [7]
Although belonging historically to a "transitional period (between 1954 and 1962)"[8] in Hungarian cinema, the film is said to "still have the classic features of melodrama".[9]