Cecília Esztergályos
Also Known As: Cecília Esztergályos, Esztergályos Cecília, Esztergályos Cecília Magdolna
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Budapest, Hungary
Adult: No
Birthday: January 26, 1943
Age: 82 years old
Gender: Female
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Willy the Sparrow
Overview: Vili fakes illness so he doesn't have to take a math test. Instead, he starts shooting at sparrows from the window with an air rifle. The kindly old lady who feeds the birds turns out to be a real-life fairy who tries to turn Vili into a good boy.
Genres: Family Animation Fantasy
Original Language: hu
Release Date: 1989-03-30
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A nagy ékszerész
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Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: hu
Release Date: 1980-01-26
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Love?
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: hu
Release Date: 1963-01-01
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Aranyborjú
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Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: hu
Release Date: 1974-04-25
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A Priceless Day
Overview: Irén and Attila, a not-so-young couple, are in love. All they want is a flat of their own where they could live together. Unfortunately, Hungary in the 70s is no place for dreams.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hu
Release Date: 1979-12-06
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The Lost Paradise
Overview: Sebők Zoltán, the brain surgeon, performed a secret abortion on his lover and the woman died. The man waiting for the autopsy (and his arrest) escapes to his father's villa at Lake Balaton.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hu
Release Date: 1962-08-12
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Passing Fancy
Overview: The main character of the story which takes place in the twenties in Budapest is the poet Dr. Rácz György, who returns after ten years of absence. In a café he meets his former friend Lajos, who has just broken up with his lover, Márta, because of the wife of professor Büchler. The transiently formed, rootless Rácz gets entangled into the sophisticated, complicated love affairs of bored or tired ladies.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hu
Release Date: 1983-01-11
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You
Overview: A playful portrait of a young woman who merrily roams the streets of Budapest. A New Wave love letter in motion.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: hu
Release Date: 1963-04-30
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Meteo
Overview: Eckermann (Laszlo Kistamas) is a listless computer whiz who spends most of his time lounging in a bathtub holding imaginary conversations with cartoon characters usually more popular with children than grownups. He has some friends who want to use his skills to steal some money from a local gambling joint. He works out a scheme for his friends and returns to his tub. At some point along the way, he is joined in the water by a lovely Czech refugee, who (perhaps inadvertently) makes it possible for him to die there.
Genres: Science Fiction Drama Mystery
Original Language: hu
Release Date: 1990-02-22
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Mascot
Overview: The parents of Kabala (Lucky Charm) and Facsiga (Wooden Top) are divorced. Kabala, an adolescent girl was awarded to the father, while Facsiga, the younger brother was awarded to the mother, but they do not really belong to anyone. The two children want to live together at all costs.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hu
Release Date: 1982-02-18
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The Money-Maker
Overview: This film comedy takes place in the good old times of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy at the turn of the century. Bányai, an impecunious clerk suddenly finds himself to be able to make perfect imitations of ornaments on the bank-notes. Being spurred by his incessantly shrewish mother-in-law, he finds a solution to his family's financial problems overnight, but an ambitious detective becomes suspicious of him.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: hu
Release Date: 1964-07-08
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A Happy New Year!
Overview: Three thirtysomething chemical scientists, Laci, Gyuri and Kati celebrate the success of their development program before New Year's Eve with drinking for several days. But the morning of New Year's Eve does not bring the expected recognition, because the nice, bald, old director is replaced by a young, bald, but disagreeable one. In a sodden atmosphere it becomes clear that everybody has an axe to grind in the informative discussions.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hu
Release Date: 1978-08-22
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The Golden Head
Overview: Stevenson, the famous English criminal expert visits Hungary with his family. While he is chairing a conference on criminology, infamous art treasure robbers steal the golden herm of Saint László. Suspicion is cast on the Stevenson children.
Genres: Comedy Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-08-22
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Bunny
Overview: A country family unbounds by the death of the head of family and they set off for a miners' town under construction, just like their forefathers, "to take the land". As an outpost, the eldest daughter, Anna is sent, who has a stormy past.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: hu
Release Date: 1963-08-22
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Popcorn und Paprika
Overview: The German national swimming team travels to Budapest for a competition. However, the teenagers are more interested in flirting with each other than training. Their coach is less than thrilled with his team's behavior.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1984-01-01
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Aglaya
Overview: This film is about the relationship of a mother and her daughter, the split-up of their family, the blessing and curse of belonging together and about coming of age - all this from the perspective of the young girl Aglaja. The story is based on real-life events, an Eastern European circus artist family that fled to the West. If they want to stay in the circus business they have to make up an exotic act. The mother spends all their money to buy a very dangerous act: hanging by her hair high up in the dome of the circus while juggling with burning torches. Every night Aglaja is terrified by the fear of losing her mother. But, on some day, she has to follow the family tradition and become the "Woman with the Hair of Steel".
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hu
Release Date: 2012-10-11
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Duty Free Marriage
Overview: Dini goes to Sweden illegally and abandons his fiancée, Mari. After several months a young Finnish businessman called Pekka arrives in Budapest, carrying a letter and package from Dini. The sympathetic Pekka is judged by the friends of Mari to be suitable for the task of a nominal marriage, by which Mari could get out legally to Dini.
Genres: Romance Drama Comedy
Original Language: hu
Release Date: 1980-02-19
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A Fragrant Way to Pass Away
Overview: Due to complaints, an inspector comes to a small construction industry cooperative in Bihar. The three leaders that committed embezzlement and abuse begin to think about how they could escape from being held accountable. The president knocks down and robs the inspector, but they don't find the compromising documents on him. Therefore, they decide that one of them must sacrifice himself with a poisonous liquid called "fragrant road to nowhere"...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: hu
Release Date: 1974-03-08
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Football of the Good Old Days
Overview: The film is set in Budapest, 1924. Laundryman Ede Minarik's only passion is football. His dream is to see his team, Csabagyöngye, qualify for the first division. For this goal he would be willing to sacrifice everything he has. But he has nothing, even footballers just barely. The team is just like the times. But still, "we need a team!"
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: hu
Release Date: 1973-11-29
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A cigánybáró
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: hu
Release Date: 1969-05-24
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Age of Illusions
Overview: Jancsi is part of a closely knit gang of young engineers. They see the older engineers as mediocre, and have grand ideas about developing new inventions together. With changing living conditions the five friends start to grow apart. At a party Jancsi suddenly meets Éva Halk. They fall in love, and find common memories in the engagement in The Pioneer Railway at the age of 12.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hu
Release Date: 1965-02-11
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The Legend of King Solomon
Overview: Eager to impress the Queen of Sheeba, a young Solomon accidentally releases the devil Asmodeus from his prison. With the Kingdom of Jerusalem in peril, Solomon and Princess Naama work together to find an end to Asmodeus' evil rule.
Genres: History Animation
Original Language: hu
Release Date: 2017-09-28
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Édes Anna
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Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: hu
Release Date: 1989-11-30
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A kisfiú meg az oroszlánok
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Genres: Family Comedy
Original Language: hu
Release Date: 1979-01-01
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Blind Endeavour
Overview: Blind luck ties the fate of two people together.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hu
Release Date: 1985-11-30
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The Master Criminal
Overview: Lohmann's son is kidnapped. The un-known kidnappers get a thirty-thousand-jewel from the West German millionaire as ransom. The eager police lieutenant-colonel, Gálffy finds that the traces lead to a mysterious, elegant blonde, who is naturally a brunette.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: hu
Release Date: 1969-09-05
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Kojak in Budapest
Overview: Lt. Kojak arrives in Budapest as a guest speaker for the 'International Crime Writers Conference'. Soon after he starts enjoying the pleasures that the city has to offer, he assists his old friends at the police department with a case. The case involves solving the murder of a noted scientist, unaware that a Mafia hit man and his female companion are targeting him.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: hu
Release Date: 1980-06-05
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Téli sport
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Genres: Romance
Original Language: hu
Release Date: 1974-12-25
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Now It's My Turn, Now It's Yours
Overview: Three generations live side by side. The wilful, jack-in-all-pots grandmother blackmails the family with fake faintings, while grandpa suffers from cerebral sclerosis. Mother manages a fashionable hotel, she needs to look smart and unyielding, even when their weird uncle drives into the restaurant drunk. Father is an introverted, solitary teacher, who from time to time turns the home inside out in pursuit of his hobby, i.e. topography, and his mental balance. Suddenly unexpected things come to light about their teen-age daughter, Juli.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: hu
Release Date: 1984-06-01
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Happy Birthday, Marilyn!
Overview: A mediocre countryside actress is invited to a Budapest casting call. She hopes she might become the new Marilyn Monroe.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hu
Release Date: 1980-01-01
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A Very Moral Night
Overview: A brothel in a small Hungarian town becomes the home of a medical student after his favorite working girls find out he's out of rent money. Trouble brews as they learn his mother is coming for a visit and they must transform the house.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: hu
Release Date: 1977-10-06
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Mrs. Dery Where Are You?
Overview: Dery is a grande dame actress of the Sarah Bernhardt school of big-gesture theater. Her beauty and popularity is fading, and a new school of acting which involves the use of one's own emotions (a-la Eleanora Duse) is emerging in the person of her younger Viennese rival. She thinks of retiring from the stage, and reunites briefly with her estranged husband in a newly-built manor in the country. Finding that life there is boring, she returns to town, the theater, and her old friends.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hu
Release Date: 1975-06-02
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Farewell To You
Overview: September 1938. Tenants of a Budapest block of flats live their everyday lives, conducted by tradition. World politics does not divide them. Their major experience is the private life of the actress in the house.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-01-01
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Fla5h
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Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: hu
Release Date: 2011-11-27
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Így írtok ti
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Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: hu
Release Date: 1994-09-29
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Vőlegény
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: hu
Release Date: 1981-11-30
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