A Strange Marriage (1951)

8.0/10 105 min Drama

Overview

Count János Buttler rushes home to his parents and his beloved for the school holidays. On the way, they stop at Baron Dőry's house, where János is deviously trapped. In the presence of false witnesses, he is forcibly married to Baron Dőry's pregnant daughter. The swearing priest is the father of the unborn child. Although Buttler, his family and friends do their utmost to have the marriage annulled, the Church and the court, fearing for his authority, will not allow it. John Buttler and his lover therefore choose another way to divorce.

Cast

Gyula Benkő

Count János Párdányi Buttler

Éva Örkényi

Piroska, daughter of Horváth

Miklós Gábor

Zsiga Bernáth

Lajos Rajczy

Baron István Dõry

Hédi Temessy

Mary, daughter of Dõry

Sándor Tompa

Miklós Horváth

Éva Ruttkai

Katica

Artúr Somlay

Archbishop Fischer

Sándor Pécsi

Ignác Medve, doctor

Szabó Sándor

Sucsinka is a parish priest

Tamás Major

Jesuit

Hilda Gobbi

Szimácsiné

Gábor Rajnay

Pereviczky is a lawyer

József Bihari

Csõsz

Mária Sulyok

Császárné

László Ungváry

Metternich

László Kozák

Józsi Vidonka

Gyula Gózon

Bernáth

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