Frigyes Bán

Frigyes Bán

Frigyes Bán (19 June 1902 – 30 September 1969) was a Hungarian screenwriter and film director. His wife was the actress Éva Vass.

  • Title: Frigyes Bán
  • Popularity: 0.1319
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1902-06-19
  • Place of Birth: Kassa, Austria-Hungary [now Kosice, Slovak Republic]
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  • Also Known As: Baán Frigyes, Frigyes Ban, Фридьеш Бан
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Frigyes Bán Movies

  • 1964
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    The Money-Maker

    The Money-Maker

    9 1964 HD

    This film comedy takes place in the good old times of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy at the turn of the century. Bányai, an impecunious clerk suddenly finds himself to be able to make perfect imitations of ornaments on the bank-notes. Being spurred by his incessantly shrewish mother-in-law, he finds a solution to his family's financial problems overnight, but an ambitious detective becomes suspicious of him.

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  • 1942
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    Deception

    Deception

    1 1942 HD

    Feri, a young director general in Sopron, and Ilona, his secretary, are in love with each other. Feri's mother, however, has a different woman in mind for her son to marry. The girl, disappointed, is off to Pest.

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  • 1958
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    St. Peter's Umbrella

    St. Peter's Umbrella

    6.4 1958 HD

    A comedy about a lost inheritance, love and a red umbrella, which, according to a local legend, belonged to St. Peter himself.

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  • 1958
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    St. Peter's Umbrella

    St. Peter's Umbrella

    6.4 1958 HD

    A comedy about a lost inheritance, love and a red umbrella, which, according to a local legend, belonged to St. Peter himself.

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  • 1948
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    The Soil Under Your Feet

    The Soil Under Your Feet

    6 1948 HD

    In 1905 Hungary, a young village woman has just undergone a marriage to the spoiled son of a man to whom her father is indebted, in order that the debt be cancelled, only to be spirited away by her true love, a young peasant, by whom she soon becomes pregnant. Together they attempt to find a way to buy up her father's debt and also pay for a divorce from her husband, against various odds.

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  • 1957
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    A Quiet Home

    A Quiet Home

    1 1957 HD

    The composer Berki András, in his co-tenancy noisy with the barking of dogs and the hullabaloo of children, is unable to compose the new song for his fiancée, the singer, although the premiere is near. He cannot believe his eyes as he sees the official decision that he will soon get an apartment on his own. Yet his joy is soon over. The pharmacist Ács Éva arrives with identical documents. The situation which evolves as a result of the new co-tenancy forces them to cover up things before their partners.

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  • 1940
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    Turbulent Night

    Turbulent Night

    1 1940 HD

    Hajnally Ödön, engaged to the wealthy daughter Buday Klári, faces financial ruin as he struggles with debt. Anticipating a substantial dowry from Klári’s affluent family, he reconsiders and ultimately flees, abandoning both the wedding and his obligations. His decision causes scandal, heartbreak, and significant distress for Klári, who is left to navigate the aftermath of his abrupt departure

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  • 1964
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    The Money-Maker

    The Money-Maker

    9 1964 HD

    This film comedy takes place in the good old times of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy at the turn of the century. Bányai, an impecunious clerk suddenly finds himself to be able to make perfect imitations of ornaments on the bank-notes. Being spurred by his incessantly shrewish mother-in-law, he finds a solution to his family's financial problems overnight, but an ambitious detective becomes suspicious of him.

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  • 1959
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    Fatia Negra

    Fatia Negra

    5.3 1959 HD

    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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  • 1949
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    Gentry Skylarking

    Gentry Skylarking

    1 1949 HD

    The main character in the story that takes place in 1896, year of the millennium, is Szakhmáry Zoltán, who, in sharp contrast with the people around him, is neither a cynic nor a lewd, not even someone with a tendency for showing off his strength. Instead, he strives to become a humane person with enough common sense and modern thinking.

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  • 1957
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    Spiral Staircase

    Spiral Staircase

    1 1957 HD

    The film is an interpretation of everyday life and privacy as well as the first love-triangle story after 1945. Benkő Lajos, the country librarian, is stationed in the capital. In lack of a suitable apartment, his wife and children have to stay in the country.

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  • 1961
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    Sunshine on the Ice

    Sunshine on the Ice

    1 1961 HD

    Klári, the dancer of the ice revue, is pursued by a mysterious admirer and his roses. Her husband, Rezső, is about to lose his wits with jealousy.

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  • 1961
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    Sunshine on the Ice

    Sunshine on the Ice

    1 1961 HD

    Klári, the dancer of the ice revue, is pursued by a mysterious admirer and his roses. Her husband, Rezső, is about to lose his wits with jealousy.

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  • 1965
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    Gasoline Damage

    Gasoline Damage

    1 1965 HD

    "Are you looking to buy a car? Not sure which one to buy? Clueless? We can solve all your problems. Watch our latest film! All your problems will be solved because we'll talk you out of them for the price of a single ticket." - says the comedy's obliging narrator (Ervin Kibédi), who tries to talk the viewer out of buying a car. To do this, he tells the audience some instructive and humorous car-related stories...

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  • 1965
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    Gasoline Damage

    Gasoline Damage

    1 1965 HD

    "Are you looking to buy a car? Not sure which one to buy? Clueless? We can solve all your problems. Watch our latest film! All your problems will be solved because we'll talk you out of them for the price of a single ticket." - says the comedy's obliging narrator (Ervin Kibédi), who tries to talk the viewer out of buying a car. To do this, he tells the audience some instructive and humorous car-related stories...

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  • 1947
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    The Prophet of the Fields

    The Prophet of the Fields

    1 1947 HD

    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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  • 1951
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    Liberated Land

    Liberated Land

    1 1951 HD

    Jóska has become a Communist in the Csillag prison in Szeged. In the meantime, Gábor successfully talks people in Jóska's native village out of joining the German-led Hungarian army.

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  • 1938
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    Uz Bence

    Uz Bence

    1 1938 HD

    László Bagyoni is forced to flee because he published a newspaper in the small Szekler village without permission. His friend Bence Uz, who lives in the mountains, takes him in. The notary's daughter Leticia arrives in the mountains with a hunting party. Her fiancé, Jonescu, becomes jealous of Bagyoni and the trip ends in anger. Uz Bence, who has made money from the hunt, wants to marry his old lover, Julie, but she has already married someone else. At Bence's intervention, the notary cancels Bagyoni's sentence. Meanwhile, Julis' husband dies and she is left alone with the baby. Julis leaves the child in the care of Bence while she goes to the city to serve.

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  • 1959
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    Fatia Negra

    Fatia Negra

    5.3 1959 HD

    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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  • 1962
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    I'll Appeal to the Minister

    I'll Appeal to the Minister

    8.3 1962 HD

    A comedy about the organisation of agricultural co-operatives. In the village of "Rendes", everybody has already entered the co-op, only the stubborn farmer, Bódog Balogh continues to resist. The leadership plays all their tricks and uses all their efforts, but all in vain.

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  • 1967
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    The Healing Water

    The Healing Water

    1 1967 HD

    In a little town named Lombos, suddenly a smelly, sulphonic thermal water gush out. Félix Szombathy, a swindler sees a great business opportunity in this. He founded a fraud company and promised to revive the town.

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  • 1952
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    Semmelweis

    Semmelweis

    1 1952 HD

    Vienna, 1846. At night, the good-hearted coachman Hammer finds a young woman in labour at one of the gates and takes her to doctor Semmelweis at the women's clinic, whom he knows well. The woman is crazy with fear; mothers die there. Doctor Semmelweis finds no peace because of the surprisingly high number of death-cases at the clinic.

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  • 1956
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    Extinguished Flames

    Extinguished Flames

    5 1956 HD

    1790, the county of Szerém. József Hajnóczy, a democrat and a reformer is deprived of his position as vice-steward of the county because he is not born a nobleman.

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  • 1941
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    A Night in Transylvania

    A Night in Transylvania

    9 1941 HD

    Joseph II and his adjutant, Kléber travel to Transylvania in disguise.

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  • 1942
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    Daughter of the Night

    Daughter of the Night

    1 1942 HD

    The painter, Ákos, upon returning to his villa unexpectedly, is tied up by burglars ransacking it. The beautiful Apache girl, Bözsi sets the man free, who in turn calls the police instantly.

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  • 1951
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    Liberated Land

    Liberated Land

    1 1951 HD

    Jóska has become a Communist in the Csillag prison in Szeged. In the meantime, Gábor successfully talks people in Jóska's native village out of joining the German-led Hungarian army.

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  • 1941
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    János Háry

    János Háry

    5 1941 HD

    János Háry, the old veteran is telling his stories in the pub without end.

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  • 1954
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    Rákóczi's Lieutenant

    Rákóczi's Lieutenant

    8.2 1954 HD

    1708 János Bornemissza became the master of stras of Blind Bottyán from a raiding Kuruk. His weapon is driven by patriotism and love for Anna Bíró, the most beautiful girl in réthe. The captured Count Starhemberg takes the Labanc general to the Prince himself, and thus becomes Rákóczi's lieutenant. In the meantime, Réthe falls into the hands of a Laban for treason, and Anna is sent to the stocks. Suhajda, the lecherous hajdú, now thinks he can get the girl for himself. Anna sends a message to John with her brother, and at the call of the prisoners, Rákóczi's army marches. They encounter the enemy along the Váh. The Kuruks celebrate their victory with the wedding of Anna and János.

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  • 1960
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    A Husband for Susy

    A Husband for Susy

    7 1960 HD

    Zsuzsa and Jóska fall in love during the performances of the State Opera they both attend. But the young man is of the working class, and Mrs. Bodrogi does not wish to let her daughter marry below her social status.

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  • 1944
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    Üsd pofon!

    Üsd pofon!

    1 1944 HD

    Propaganda film about the repercussions of spreading rumors and not keeping your mouth shut. The story inside the frame is about a decent bank officer who is wrongly accused of stealing orphan's money.

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  • 1952
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    Tüzkeresztség

    Tüzkeresztség

    1 1952 HD

    This propaganda film from the early years of socialist transformation in Hungary depicts kulak sabotage in production cooperatives. The prosperous peasant Ignatz Hato, one of the best farmers in the village, joins the Two Octobers cooperative, and soon all the small peasants follow him. The village rich, led by Lili Sohar, watching the great expansion of the cooperative, try to break up the cooperators with each other. Sohar's attempt bears fruit and Hato leaves the cooperative. Next, Lili Sohar tries to convince Ignatz Hato that she is planning to create a rival team of new rich people and urges him to join her. Ignatz refuses and does not give in to the blackmail. Lili's lover, a former gendarme, shoots party secretary Bozhine. At the wounded Božine's bedside, Ignác admits his mistake and asks to be accepted back into the cooperative. Sándor, the president of the cooperative, realizes that the collective should not prevent those who want to work honestly from joining.

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