The Last Night
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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.
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József Berky
Néger táncos
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Lili Berky
Gitta
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Mihály Fekete
Vándori
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Elemér Hetényi
Orosz tiszt
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Adorján Nagy
Baracs Endre
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Vilmos Lengyel
Miklós, Gitta fia
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Andor Szakács
Orosz ezredes
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Havasi Magdolna
Ferenc Ujvári
Orosz tiszt
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Jenö Janovics Director · Mihály Fekete Screenplay Ede Sas Screenplay
First release November 30, 1917 · Produced in Hungary · Original title Az utolsó éjszaka
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Transsylvania Filmgyár
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Hungary
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Original title
Az utolsó éjszaka
Original language
Hungarian
Spoken on screen
Hungarian
Release dates
Hungary · November 30, 1917
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