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Be True Until Death

1936 film From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Be True Until Death (Hungarian: Légy jó mindhalálig) is a 1936 Hungarian drama film directed by Steve Sekely and starring Klári Tolnay, Kálmán Rózsahegyi and Gyula Csortos.[1][2] It was shot at the Hunnia Studios in Budapest and on location in Debrecen. The film's sets were designed by the art director Márton Vincze. It was based on a 1920 novel of the same name by Zsigmond Móricz, later turned into a 1960 film Be True Until Death.

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Mihály "Misi" Nyilas is a student at a Debrecen boarding school; while an excellent student, his introverted demeanor and working class background makes him a target of bullying by classmates and adults alike. To earn money, he regularly visits an elderly blind man Mr. Pósalaky to read him the news; one day, Pósalaky entrusts Misi to bet on some lottery numbers that came to him in a dream. When visiting the Török family, where he used to live, he talks to the son János, and mentions the lottery ticket, but when he leaves, he forgets the lottery ticket with János.

When the lottery numbers are drawn, Pósalaky realizes his dream has gotten 4 out of the 5 numbers correct, but Misi can't find the ticket but instead finds 10 forints in his pocket, which he tries to hide from Pósalaky. When the truth comes out, Misi is accused with theft and selling the ticket. He is summoned in front of a school tribunal, where his word is placed against everyone else's, and he is repeatedly humiliated to the point where he denounces the school in anguish, screaming "I don't want to be a student in Debrecen!"

The next day, as he is recovering from a fever after the stress he's gone through, he finds out the truth: When visiting János and showing off the ticket, János stole the ticket, and instead snuck the money into Misi's pocket, but eventually admitted everything to the police. Despite his name cleared, Misi is traumatised by the ordeal, and the novel ends with him pondering on his future.

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