The Half of a Boy (1924)
In English known informally as "The Half of a Boy" and "Stepmother". Based on the novel by Kálmán Mikszáth. After his wife's death Gáthy Lörinc (in Serbian version: Mr. Wickfield) remarries and in secret he takes his son born from this second marriage to the same foster parents who take care his first son born from his first marriage and left without mother. Five years later, when both boys return home, his wife does not know which is her own child, and which is the child of the previous wife, so the husband's desire is fulfilled, his orphaned son doesn't have step-mother, because his wife loves both boys equally, as her sweet children.
Director: Géza von Bolváry
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Paul Lukas as Gáthy Lõrinc (as Lukács Pál) |
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Helene von Bolváry as Gáthy felesége (as Mattyasovszky Ilona) |
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Ferenc Vendrey as Komornyik |
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Gusztáv Vándory as Orvos |
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Teréz Kürti as Nevelõnõ |
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Gyula Kompóthy as Laci |
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Soma Szarvasi as Pap |
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Tibor Hegedüs as Gáthy Pali |
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Jolan Ujhelyine as Szakácsné (as Ujhelyiné Jolán) |
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Juci Viz as Roby menyasszonya |
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Lajos Ujváry as Házitanító |
| Directing | Géza von Bolváry | Director |
| Writing | Kálmán Mikszáth | Novel |
| Writing | Géza von Bolváry | Writer |