Gyula Benkő

Gyula Benkő

Born: August 22, 1918
Died: June 30, 1997
in Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]

Movies for Gyula Benkő...

Hungarian Requiem
Title: Hungarian Requiem
Released: October 25, 1990
Type: Movie
1958. In the cell of the condemned, seven men await the signs of an approaching execution. All of them recall their pasts and envision their wish-dreams.
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Édes Anna
Title: Édes Anna
Released: November 30, 1989
Type: Movie
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Tizenötezer pengő jutalom
Title: Tizenötezer pengő jutalom
Character: Krabek
Released: August 20, 1986
Type: Movie
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Title: A falu jegyzője
Character: Főispán
Released: January 1, 1986
Type: TV
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My First Two Hundred Years
Title: My First Two Hundred Years
Released: February 28, 1985
Type: Movie
Divided into two different halves separated by mood and subject matter, this is an uneven drama about the experience of one Hungarian Jew before and during the fascist takeover of Budapest. The hero Pali (Zoltan Bezeredi) arrives back in Budapest from the U.S. and meanders among the intellectual and social elite before he leaves for a brief stay in England. There he has an even briefer affair with a happy-go-lucky aspiring actress (Anna Kubik), and after a few other encounters with movie mavens, he heads back to Budapest -- quite inexplicably. The rest of the film deteriorates into a dark realm of hatred and violence.
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II. József császár
Title: II. József császár
Character: Kaunitz
Released: May 6, 1982
Type: Movie
A Hungarian film about Emperor Joseph II
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Lala the Magician
Title: Lala the Magician
Character: Omikron
Released: December 24, 1981
Type: Movie
A story about Lala, an eight years old magician.
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The Nameless Castle
Title: The Nameless Castle
Released: January 1, 1981
Type: Movie
The romantic story takes place in the time of Napoleon in Hungary, near Fertő-lake. Count Vavel hides here the French heiress from the revolution and Napoleon.
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Bálint Fábián Meets God
Title: Bálint Fábián Meets God
Character: Ughy báró
Released: March 20, 1980
Type: Movie
1918. Fábián Bálint is forced to kill humans on the Italian front. At home his sons drown the priest, the lover of their mother, in the river Kraszna. Mrs. Fábián turns insane. Following his arrival home Bálint becomes the liveried coachman of the baron.
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On the Move
Title: On the Move
Character: Miklós (voice)
Released: November 22, 1979
Type: Movie
Barbara is a forty-year-old woman of Polish origin living in Budapest. She is a biologist, a wife and a mother. The death of her woman friend opens her eyes to the fact that she is lonely, unable to find her place.
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The Centaurs
Title: The Centaurs
Character: General Calatón
Released: January 29, 1979
Type: Movie
The story takes place in an unnamed Latin Country.
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The Fortress
Title: The Fortress
Released: January 1, 1979
Type: Movie
A World War II-style "war game" setting the wealthy customers against skilled mercenaries goes awry when the simulated war gets too real.
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A Very Moral Night
Title: A Very Moral Night
Character: Homoródy képviselõ úr
Released: October 6, 1977
Type: Movie
A brothel in a small Hungarian town becomes the home of a medical student after his favorite working girls find out he's out of rent money. Trouble brews as they learn his mother is coming for a visit and they must transform the house.
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Title: Kántor
Character: Laták Kálmán
Released: November 11, 1976
Type: TV
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Pheasant Tomorrow
Title: Pheasant Tomorrow
Character: Benkö
Released: April 28, 1974
Type: Movie
The loving couple of this grotesque parable parody of the Kádár-regime, Mária and István row to an uninhabited, idyllic island. Soon crazy tent-pitchers swarm to the island, led by an official representative of the regime.
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Innocent Assassins
Title: Innocent Assassins
Character: Vogt, 'orvos' díszlettervezõ (as Benkõ Gyula)
Released: August 23, 1973
Type: Movie
Two arts students, András and Viktor who are writing their thesis on detective stories, make up a story and keep nagging the famous film-director, who just came back from Hollywood, until he undertakes the job. At night they work on the film, in which two youths kill a director returning from the US. In the morning the director is found dead - a knife in his back.
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Face to Face
Title: Face to Face
Released: January 1, 1970
Type: Movie
The members of a rifle-corps unit gather in a village by the western border
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The Aga's Testament
Title: The Aga's Testament
Character: Babocsai Gáspár
Released: December 21, 1967
Type: Movie
In 1585 the Turks and Vallons are looting the Látrány region.
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The Widow and the Police Officer
Title: The Widow and the Police Officer
Released: April 28, 1967
Type: Movie
Mrs. Holló reports the case of three missing persons to the police. During the investigations, the captain realises that there is nothing to deter Mrs. Holló from her trying to overcome loneliness.
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Late Season
Title: Late Season
Released: February 23, 1967
Type: Movie
Kerekes (Antal Pager) believes he is wanted by the police when his friends play a practical joke in this unusual comedy drama. He returns to his hometown where he was accused of turning a Jewish druggist and the druggist's wife over to the Nazis. With his friends following him, Kerekes tries to find out what became of the couple after they were deported. After being subjected to a mock trial by his friends -- and found guilty -- Kerekes becomes despondent and attempts to kill himself. Flashbacks and hallucinations are employed to tell this story that occurs during the Eichmann trial. Both the film and Antal Pager gained some unwanted publicity when a Variety article from April 23rd, 1967 accused Pager of being a Nazi collaborator for his role in an anti-Semitic film during World War II.
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A Hungarian Nabob 2: Karpathy Zoltan
Title: A Hungarian Nabob 2: Karpathy Zoltan
Character: Fegyverneki
Released: December 22, 1966
Type: Movie
On the novel by Mór Jókai. The first half of the XVIII century. Several decades of life of a noble family Karpati.
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Közbejött apróság
Title: Közbejött apróság
Character: Molnár úr
Released: November 7, 1966
Type: Movie
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Cold Days
Title: Cold Days
Character: Lieutenant Colonel Kázoni
Released: September 26, 1966
Type: Movie
Andras Kovacs' film, considered one of the most important Hungarian films of the 1960s, centers around four men who await trial for their involvement in the massacre of several thousand Jewish and Serbian people of Novi Sad in 1942. Each denies any responsibility, claiming that they were only following orders. The film is significant for its willingness to address the subject of Hungary's role in WWII, which was taboo at the time of the its release.
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Én, Strasznov Ignác, a szélhámos
Title: Én, Strasznov Ignác, a szélhámos
Character: Strasznov Ignác
Released: April 8, 1966
Type: Movie
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Title: Én, Strasznov Ignác, a szélhámos
Character: Strasznov Ignác
Released: January 1, 1966
Type: TV
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A Hungarian Nabob
Title: A Hungarian Nabob
Character: Fegyverneky
Released: January 1, 1966
Type: Movie
On the novel by Mór Jókai. The first half of the XVIII century. Several decades of life of a noble family Karpati.
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Abhorrence
Title: Abhorrence
Character: Egy rokon
Released: March 2, 1965
Type: Movie
Nelli, the icy, introverted farm girl, needs to find a husband following her father's death. She accepts the attentions of the noisy Takaró Sanyi, although she is more attracted to his silent and modest younger brother.
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Forbidden Marriage
Title: Forbidden Marriage
Character: Thomas Percy
Released: May 14, 1964
Type: Movie
Lilian, daughter of an English millionaire threatens her father that she will marry the first shady character turning up around her and will sing in bars just because her father wants her to marry someone whom she does not love.
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Darkness in Daytime
Title: Darkness in Daytime
Character: Hanisch
Released: November 14, 1963
Type: Movie
In 1963 in Tihany, somebody addresses the writer Gábor Náday. He is reminded of a night drive in 1944 that saved his life. Painful memories start coming to Náday.
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Haber's Photo Shop
Title: Haber's Photo Shop
Released: October 23, 1963
Type: Movie
A priest who has been set free from prison recently joins a spy organization.
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Golden Age
Title: Golden Age
Released: January 1, 1963
Type: Movie
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Just a Joke
Title: Just a Joke
Released: November 30, 1961
Type: Movie
The grey hero of grey workdays, the divorced cashier of a cinema who is always willing to sacrifice herself for others, Etelka, is awarded a two-week-holiday at Lake Balaton. Following the advice of her female friend, she tries to live life at full speed.
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Two Half-Times in Hell
Title: Two Half-Times in Hell
Character: Sztepan
Released: November 2, 1961
Type: Movie
To celebrate Hitler's birthday, a soccer match is organised between the Germans and a group of Hungarian political prisoners, one of whom is a famous pre-war football star.
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Guns and Doves
Title: Guns and Doves
Character: Kapusi, tanár
Released: September 13, 1961
Type: Movie
1920 in a mining town in the country-side. The team of children led by Ferkó Boda fish guns and a flag of Red soldiers out of the local lake.
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Don't Keep Off the Grass
Title: Don't Keep Off the Grass
Character: Noster
Released: October 6, 1960
Type: Movie
Daddy Kárász, the stakhanovist worker, complains in a television interview about the fact that his family, consisting of many members, cannot get a home on their own. Kéri, the chairman of the local authority, promises to help him on the condition that if he does not, they may move in to his villa at elegant Pasarét. Nothing happens, therefore the Kárász family takes Kéri by his word. From this time on, tumultuous scenes and frequent quarrels take place in the villa between the two families.
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Virrad
Title: Virrad
Character: philologist Zsámboki
Released: March 10, 1960
Type: Movie
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Fatia Negra
Title: Fatia Negra
Character: Baron of Hátsze / Black mask
Released: August 18, 1959
Type: Movie
The old, sickly Demeter Lapussa is a tyrant in the family. He forces his granddaughter, the beautiful Henriette, to marry baron Hátszegi, although the girl loves the penniless Vámhidy Szilárd. The two lovers attempt to commit suicide, then are torn away from each other.
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The Brigade No. 39
Title: The Brigade No. 39
Character: Frigyes Karikás
Released: March 19, 1959
Type: Movie
The spring of 1919. Karikás Frigyes reorganises brigade 39 at the Tisza. His most devoted soldiers are Korbély János and his followers, who remain faithful to the political commissioner under all circumstances.
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Two Confessions
Title: Two Confessions
Character: Nyomozó
Released: March 21, 1957
Type: Movie
This easy-to-take Hungarian drama is also known as Two Wishes. The prinicipal characters are a pair of juvenile delinquents, who may still be redeemable. The sullen duo is befriended by a kindly police inspector, who takes it upon himself to straighten out the boys. What follows cannot be termed surprsingly or innovative, though it is immensely satisfying. Of interest is the fact that a Communist-bloc film would admit to a delinquency problem in the so-called Worker's Paradise. Ket Vallomas was the Hungarian entry in the 1957 Cannes Film Festival.
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The bridge of life
Title: The bridge of life
Character: son of Pongay
Released: January 19, 1956
Type: Movie
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Keep Your Chin Up!
Title: Keep Your Chin Up!
Character: János
Released: August 19, 1954
Type: Movie
On the Spring of 1945 the Jackson circus is heading towards the border with the clown Peti and Aida, the elephant. They have to play for the Hungarian Fascists, while Peti is hiding the Jew Annuska and Sanyika.
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The Day of Wrath
Title: The Day of Wrath
Character: Morvai
Released: November 12, 1953
Type: Movie
In May 1919 in a small rural town beside Salgótarján the local high society wants to get the power back with the leadership of dr. Máriáss, exploiting the outside attack launched against the Republic of Councils.
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The Sea has Risen
Title: The Sea has Risen
Released: August 18, 1953
Type: Movie
March 15, 1848; the revolution breaks out in the town of Pest. Yet at café Pilvax, in among he revolutionary youth, there is the informer of the imperial court as well. Hearing the news of the attack led by Jellasics, the inhabitants of the villages pour into the national army, and Hajdú Gyurka also escapes from his landlord. Petőfi is there at the camp of the revolutionaries, raising them to enthusiasm with his poetry.
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Young at Heart
Title: Young at Heart
Character: Csontos
Released: April 9, 1953
Type: Movie
In the vocational school the professionally excellent Dani János works on his own invention in his leisure time, but he does not like learning. However, even his own father learns in the evenings, he will become a teacher.
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Nyugati övezet
Title: Nyugati övezet
Character: Ferenc Örvös
Released: January 24, 1952
Type: Movie
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Underground Colony
Title: Underground Colony
Character: Budai örnagy
Released: September 15, 1951
Type: Movie
It deals with the alleged Western sabotage of Hungarian oil production.
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A Strange Marriage
Title: A Strange Marriage
Character: Count János Párdányi Buttler
Released: August 12, 1951
Type: Movie
Különös házasság is a 1951 Hungarian drama film directed by Márton Keleti. It was entered into the 1951 Cannes Film Festival.
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Gala-Suit
Title: Gala-Suit
Released: August 23, 1949
Type: Movie
The only jacket owned by Rédey Lajos, a university student majoring in Italian language and literature, is pawned by his room-mate. The bracelet of Kitty, the daughter of general Gohrmann, which in the middle of a kiss during a lesson in Italian got accidentally unfastened, has been left in the pocket of the jacket. As a result of a still further incident, Rédey, - endeavouring to return the bracelet to Kitty - embarks upon getting the jacket back while wearing the Hungarian gala-suit owned by his landlady's elder brother. The station to which he finds his way while looking for the jacket is visited by the King of Italy, and he takes Lajos, dressed as he is in a Hungarian gala-suit, to be a Hungarian aristocrat, and Lajos must but receive His Majesty in Italian.
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Hot Fields
Title: Hot Fields
Released: August 23, 1948
Type: Movie
Avary, himself a hustler, is jealous of his beautiful wife. He eavesdrops to catch Vilma, his wife, having supper with a neighbour on the terrace of their manor-house. He is about to shoot at the woman, but it is him who gets shot to death.
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The Prophet of the Fields
Title: The Prophet of the Fields
Released: January 1, 1947
Type: Movie
After the war, Gábor Erőss, released from its captivity, returns home. Abandoned by his love, he finds his house ruined. Nikita, his neighbour, and the roaming Levite come to his assistance by offering him both their friendship and a draught animal.
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Egy fiúnak a fele
Title: Egy fiúnak a fele
Character: István
Released: February 1, 1946
Type: Movie
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Club Seven
Title: Club Seven
Character: Péter, a festő
Released: August 18, 1944
Type: Movie
In a small town in the countryside, the election of the president of the restaurant trade association is under way. The two rivals, Dénes Kövi, owner of the elegant Korona restaurant, and Antal Bálint, owner of the staid Makkhetes restaurant, are putting all their eggs in the basket for the title. Taking advantage of this situation, Pál Balázs, who has become the manager of his crippled painter friend, has a portrait commissioned with Dénes Kövi.
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Ördöglovas
Title: Ördöglovas
Character: Sándor Móric
Released: March 15, 1944
Type: Movie
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Ragaszkodom a szerelemhez
Title: Ragaszkodom a szerelemhez
Character: Béla
Released: June 2, 1943
Type: Movie
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Kerek Ferkó
Title: Kerek Ferkó
Released: January 1, 1943
Type: Movie
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Spring Sonata
Title: Spring Sonata
Released: September 18, 1942
Type: Movie
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One Fool Makes a Hundred
Title: One Fool Makes a Hundred
Character: Egy komolytalan karmester
Released: January 1, 1942
Type: Movie
Dömötör, a headwaiter, and Rudi, his friend, a conductor, are dismissed. Later, they return as guests. Dömötör is seen sporting a false beard, now the spitting image of count Rod-Igor Su-Arezew, the world-famous lion-hunter.
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Családunk szégyene
Title: Családunk szégyene
Released: January 1, 1942
Type: Movie
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Egér a palotában
Title: Egér a palotában
Released: January 1, 1942
Type: Movie
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Cigarette Smoke
Title: Cigarette Smoke
Released: December 26, 1941
Type: Movie
Modern and exciting short from a series of Hungarian noir films. Rácz Vali, playing the protagonist, was famous and beloved for her propensity to sing sad songs and recite lyrical poetry. She also played in movies, but only before 1945, as the cultural and social climate she represented didn't fit in the program of the post-war regime.
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Doctor István Kovács
Title: Doctor István Kovács
Character: Holben, egyetemista
Released: November 5, 1941
Type: Movie
When his new wife from a peasant background is not accepted by his colleagues, a University Professor resigns his post and returns home to his rural village. After receiving popular support, he is returned to his position by the Minister of Education.
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Lelki klinika
Title: Lelki klinika
Released: January 1, 1941
Type: Movie
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Kadétszerelem
Title: Kadétszerelem
Released: January 1, 1941
Type: Movie
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Miért?
Title: Miért?
Released: January 1, 1941
Type: Movie
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Crow On the Tower
Title: Crow On the Tower
Released: January 1, 1938
Type: Movie
Lenke, a schoolgirl in Budapest, is in love with László, a middle-aged widower, owner of the estate in the neighbourhood of her own country home. She secretly follows him in Budapest, and they finally meet.
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Vacsora a Hotel Germániában
Title: Vacsora a Hotel Germániában
Character: Dr. Winnicke
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
The story takes place during the Third Reich, in the autumn of 1933, when the world's attention was focused on the Leipzig lawsuit. The main character is dr. Winnicke (played by Gyula Benkő); a young German doctor is commissioned by Count Hellwitz, an SA officer who was once a classmate, to “make” one of the participants in the lawsuit fit for Nazi purposes.