A Woman Gets a Start (Hungarian: Egy asszony elindul) is a 1949 Hungarian drama film directed by Imre Jeney and starring Klári Tolnay, Ferenc Ladányi and Lajos Básti. It was shot at the Hunnia Studios in Budapest. The film's sets were designed by the art director József Pán. The director's script underwent a number of changes during shooting due to intervention by the authorities, who insisted on an espionage element to the plot.[1]

A Woman Gets a Start
Directed byImre Jeney
Written byJudit Beczássy (novel)
Imre Bencsik
Imre Bóka
Produced byJózsef Golda
StarringKlári Tolnay
Ferenc Ladányi
Lajos Básti
CinematographyBarnabás Hegyi
Edited bySándor Zákonyi
Music byFerenc Farkas
Production
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Magyar Filmgyártó Nemzeti Vállalat
Release date
  • 7 October 1949 (1949-10-07)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryHungary
LanguageHungarian

Synopsis

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A woman from a middle-class background goes to work in a factory in the new Communist Hungary and proves very successful at her job. However, her husband plans to steal the secret of a new welding machine and sell it in the West.

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References

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  1. ^ Liehm & Liehm p.152

Bibliography

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  • Liehm, Mira & Liehm, Antonín J. The Most Important Art: Soviet and Eastern European Film After 1945. University of California Press, 1980.
  • Ostrowska, Dorota, Pitassio, Francesco & Varga, Zsuzsanna. Popular Cinemas in East Central Europe: Film Cultures and Histories. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2017.
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