Janos the Valiant

Janos the Valiant
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Directed by	Béla Gaál
Produced by	László Szirtes
Written by	Károly Bakonyi Jenö Heltai Gyula Somogyváry
Based on	János vitéz by Sándor Petőfi
Starring	Margit Dajka Imre Palló Ferenc Kiss
Music by	Pongrác Kacsóh
Cinematography	Karl Kurzmayer
Edited by	Viktor Bánky
Production company	Kino Filmipari
Release dates	26 January 1939
Running time	66 minutes
Country	Hungary
Language	Hungarian

Janos the Valiant (Hungarian: János vitéz) is a 1939 Hungarian musical fantasy adventure film directed by Béla Gaál and starring Margit Dajka, Imre Palló and Ferenc Kiss. It is inspired by the epic poem János vitéz by Sándor Petőfi. The film's sets were designed by the art director József Pán.

Cast

• Margit Dajka as Iluska
• Imre Palló as Kukorica Jancsi
• Ferenc Kiss as Bagó
• Piri Peéry as Iluska mostohája
• Gyula Csortos as Burkus király
• Erzsi Simor as Burkus királylány
• Tibor Vitéz as Strázsamester
• Gyula Gózon as Csõsz
• Tivadar Bilicsi as Csillagjós
• Izabella Nagy as Csaplárosné
• Menyhért Gulyás as Parasztbácsi
• Lajos Kelemen as Török basa
• Ferenc Pataki as Csillagjós

Bibliography

• Guesnet, François, Lupovitch, Howard & Polonsky, Antony(ed.) Polin: Studies in Polish Jewry Volume 31: Poland and Hungary: Jewish Realities Compared. Liverpool University Press, 2018.
• 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.

External links

• Janos the Valiant at IMDb