| Masked Ball | |
| Director: | Alfréd Deésy |
| Producer: | Star Film |
| Starring: | Béla Lugosi Annie Goth Norbert Dan Robert Fiath |
| Music: | Giuseppe Verdi |
| Cinematography: | Karoly Vass |
| Distributor: | Star Film |
| Country: | Hungary |
| Language: | Silent |
Masked Ball (Hungarian: Álarcosbál) is a 1917 Hungarian film directed by Alfréd Deésy and featuring Béla Lugosi and Norbert Dan.[1] The screenplay was written by Francesco Maria Piave, Eugène Scribe and Antonio Somma. It was based on the opera Un ballo in maschera by Giuseppe Verdi. [2]
Lugosi played Rene, a Secretary Governor, one of his earliest "red herring" roles. The film was first shown at the Urania Theater in Budapest on Oct. 21, 1917.[3]