The Last Night (1917)
Gitta, a young woman who used to be a famous primadonna before her marriage, abandons her husband and her son for the sake of the theatre and goes to Russia with an actor, Vándori. She performs in cabaret as a dancer and is very popular with Russian officers. A Russian colonel falls in love with her, and the debauched Vándori organizes a secret date for the colonel with Gitta. The colonel wants the woman to become his mistress, but she rejects him. Vándori is a gambler, first he gambles away Gitta’s jewellery, then Gitta as well. Years later, at the outbreak of WWI, Gitta leaves Russia with the help of the colonel. She returns home to find her family. She learns about her husband’s death and her son’s disappearance. She becomes a successful actress. A young man falls in love with her, but she recognizes him as her son.
Director:
Jenö Janovics
Writers:
Mihály Fekete, Ede Sas.
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József Berky as Néger táncos |
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Lili Berky as Gitta |
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Mihály Fekete as Vándori |
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Elemér Hetényi as Orosz tiszt |
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Adorján Nagy as Baracs Endre |
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Vilmos Lengyel as Miklós, Gitta fia |
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Andor Szakács as Orosz ezredes |
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Ferenc Ujvári as Orosz tiszt |
| Writing | Jenö Janovics | Writer |
| Directing | Jenö Janovics | Director |
| Writing | Mihály Fekete | Screenplay |
| Writing | Ede Sas | Screenplay |
| Camera | László Fekete | Director of Photography |
| Production | Jenö Janovics | Producer |
