Budapest Classic Film Marathon: The Wedding in Toprin

Director: Endre Tóth

Screenplay by Gyula Csermely, István Mihály, Endre Tóth
Director of photography: István Eiben
Music by Szabolcs Fényes
Cast: Pál Jávor, Attila Petheő, Zsóka Ölvedy, Ferenc Kiss, Klári Tolnay

Tóth Endre | André de Toth

Introduction: Rita Boronyák, researcher, archivist, National Film Institute - Film Archive

In this early work by Endre Tóth, who later became a famous Hollywood director, he has a go at the spy film genre. During the First World War, Lieutenant Mányay and Corinna, the daughter of his colonel, are in love with each other. Mányay, who is fluent in Russian, is commissioned with exposing a Russian spy network. He takes a job as gardener at the estate of Count Toprini who is suspected of running the network. Mányay finds an unexpected ally in the person of the unhappy wife of the count. Together, they manage to uncover the count’s accomplice, but soon he finds himself in mortal danger…

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