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Billeting (1938)

Billeting poster
Original title
Beszállásolás
Directed by
Sándor Szlatinay
Genre
music
Country
Hungary
Runtime
1h 22m
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A musical comedy set in Hungary where soldiers are billeted in a small town. The arrival of the troops stirs up romance and light conflicts among the locals.

lightheartedwhimsicalupbeatromanticmusicalnostalgicplayful

What happens

Billeting (Hungarian: Beszállásolás) is a 1938 Hungarian musical film directed by Sándor Szlatinay and starring Antal Páger, Zita Szeleczky and Gyula Kabos. It was made at the Hunnia Studios in Budapest. The film's sets were designed by the art director Márton Vincze. Location shooting took place around Kenderes, the birthplace of the Regent of Hungary Miklós Horthy. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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