A Strange Role

A Strange Role (Hungarian: Herkulesfürdői emlék, also known as Improperly Dressed^[1][2] and released in the US as Strange Masquerade) is a 1976 Hungarian drama film directed by Pál Sándor. It was entered into the 27th Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Silver Bear.^[3] The film was also selected as the Hungarian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 50th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.^[4]

A Strange Role
Directed by	Pál Sándor
Written by	Pál Sándor Zsuzsa Tóth
Starring	Margit Dajka
Cinematography	Elemér Ragályi
Edited by	Éva Kármentő
Release date	6 January 1976 (1976-01-06)
Running time	87 minutes
Country	Hungary
Language	Hungarian

Plot

The film is about a young Hungarian Communist man, who ends up hiding from the country's White Russian oppressors in a remote sanatorium, disguised as a woman in 1919.^[5]

Cast

• Margit Dajka – Öreg primadonna
• Irma Patkós – Kegyelmes Asszony
• Carla Romanelli – Olasznő
• Dezső Garas – Reményi / Glück úr / Fényképész
• Sándor Szabó – Wallach doktor
• Endre Holmann – Galambos Sarolta / Kövesi János (as Holman Endre)
• Hédi Temessy – Ágota kisasszony
• Ildikó Pécsi – Mesternő
• Mária Lázár – Füsthajú nő
• Ági Margittay – Ambrusné (as Margitai Ági)
• Erzsébet Kútvölgyi – Zsófi nővér
• András Kern – Ács István
• György Simon – Lajos bácsi
• Georgiana Tarjan – Reményi Margitka (as Györgyi Tarján)
• Márk Zala – Különítményes tiszt

See also

• List of submissions to the 50th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
• List of Hungarian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film