The Football Star
The Football Star is a 1957 Hungarian sports comedy film directed by Márton Keleti and starring Imre Pongracz as the football star, Kamill Feleki, László Ungváry and Manyi Kiss. It features a number of cameos from Ferenc Puskás and other footballers of the Hungary [national football team|Hungarian national] Golden Team, who had finished as runners-up at the 1954 [FIFA World Cup|1954 World Cup]. It was shot at the Hunnia Studios in Budapest. The film's sets were designed by the art director Zoltán Fülöp.
Main cast
- Kamill Feleki as Brunó
- László Ungváry as Admiral Duca
- Imre Pongrácz as Jóska, the star player
- Lajos Mányai as Caprain Venturo
- Manyi Kiss as Aurélia
- Imre Sinkovits as Riporter
- Éva Schubert as Estella
- Tivadar Horváth as Filippo
- Gábor Rajnay as the president
- Gyula Gózon as the prime minister
- Zoltán Makláry as the barber
- János Makláry as a shoeshiner
- Ferenc Puskás as Himself
- John Bartha as soccer player