Magda Expelled Explained

Magda Expelled
Director:	Ladislao Vajda
Producer:	Ferenc Pless
Cinematography:	István Eiben
Editing:	Viktor Bánky
Studio:	Harmónia Film
Runtime:	89 minutes
Country:	Hungary
Language:	Hungarian

Magda Expelled (Hungarian: Magdát kicsapják) is a 1938 Hungarian comedy film directed by Ladislao Vajda and starring Ida Turay, Klári Tolnay and Antal Páger.^[1] 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 Lévay Magda
• Klári Tolnay as Makray Erzsébet, the teacher of commercial correspondence
• Antal Páger as Alfred Harvey
• György Nagy as Horvay István, Harvey'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 Judith Laszlo
• 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

References

1. Reich & Garofalo p.155

Bibliography

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