Английская Википедия:99-es számú bérkocsi

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99-es számú bérkocsi (Шаблон:Translation) is a 1918 Hungarian crime drama film directed by Michael Curtiz.Шаблон:Sfn The film is sometimes just referred to as 99.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn

The film's plot is about a London police officer who visits a millionaires club to make a wager that he could commit a crime that the police will not discover for 30 days.Шаблон:Sfn

Cast

Cast adapted from Michael Curtiz European Filmography. Шаблон:Cast listing

Production

Outside working at the Star Company, Bela Lugosi worked for the smaller company Phönix.Шаблон:Sfn His second film for the company was 99-es számú bérkocsi (Шаблон:Translation) Much of the cast had worked or would work with Lugosi, including Lajos Réthey who worked on stage with Lugosi in 1904 adaptation of Trilby and Gyula Gál who worked with Lugosi at the National Theatre in Budapest.Шаблон:Sfn Mihály Várkonyi would work with Lugosi again in The Black Camel (1931).Шаблон:Sfn

The film was directed by Michael Curtiz. A reel of the film was overexposed during the films final production, leading to Curtiz ordering Lugosi to do retakes. Lugosi reportedly refused and was excoriated in front of the entire company and did not return until Curtis agreed to apologize to Lugosi in front of the crew.Шаблон:Sfn

Release

99-es számú bérkocsi was previewed at the Royal-Apolló in Budapest on September 12, 1918 before being released on November 8, 1918.Шаблон:Sfn

Film historian István Nemeskürty stated that both 99-es számú bérkocsi and Az ezredes ranked among Curtiz's most successful Hungarian films.Шаблон:Sfn The film was apparently popular enough that Phönix proposed a follow-up titled 77 featuring the same London police officer. That film does not appear to have gone into production.Шаблон:Sfn

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