The Ghost Train
Directed byLajos Lázár
Written byLajos Bíró
László Békeffi
Based onThe Ghost Train by Arnold Ridley
Produced bySándor Winter
StarringJenö Törzs
Marika Rökk
Ella Gombaszögi
CinematographyIstván Eiben
Edited byGyörgy Feld
Music byMihály Eisemann
Dezsõ Szenkár
Production
company
City Film
Release date
  • 15 April 1933 (1933-04-15)
Running time
65 minutes
CountryHungary
LanguageHungarian

The Ghost Train (Hungarian: Kísértetek vonata) is a 1933 Hungarian comedy mystery thriller film directed by Lajos Lázár and starring Jenö Törzs, Marika Rökk and Ella Gombaszögi.[1] It is an adaptation of Arnold Ridley's 1923 play The Ghost Train. It was shot at the Hunnia Studios in Budapest. The film's sets were designed by the art director István Szirontai Lhotka. A Romanian version of the story was also produced the same year.

Synopsis

A group of passengers are stranded in an English country station the very night that a famed ghostly express train is due to appear.

Cast

References

  1. Cunningham p.46

Bibliography

  • Cunningham, John. Hungarian Cinema: From Coffee House to Multiplex. Wallflower Press, 2004.
  • Juhász, István. Kincses magyar filmtár 1931-1944: az eredeti forgatókönyvből 1931 és 1944 között létrejött hazai mozgóképekről. Kráter, 2007.
  • Rîpeanu, Bujor. (ed.) International Directory of Cinematographers, Set- and Costume Designers in Film: Hungary (from the beginnings to 1988). Saur, 1981.
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