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Az élet királya (transl. The Royal Life)[2] is a 1918 Hungarian film directed by Alfréd Deésy. It is an adaptation of The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde.

Az élet királya
Directed by	Alfréd Deésy[1]
Screenplay by	József Pakots[2]
Based on	The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Starring	Norbert Dán Bela Lugosi
Production company	Star[2]
Release date	21 January 1918 (1918-01-21) (Budapest)
Country	Hungary[2]

The film premiered in Budapest January 21, 1918 and was described as an "almost unprecedented success" in local Budapest press.[3] It received a positive review in Pesti Napló.

Cast

Cast adapted from the books Lugosi : His Life in Films, on Stage, and in the Hearts of Horror Lovers and Becoming Dracula: Volume 1.[2][1]

Production

Az élet királya was based on Oscar Wilde's novel The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891). In the film, Norbert Dán plays Dorian Gray while Bela Lugosi portrayed Lord Harry Watton, known in the novel as Lord Henry Wotton.[1]

Release

Az élet királya was previewed at the Uránia in Budapest on October 23, 1917. It was officially released in January 21, 1918 at Budapest's Corso Theater.[4][5] The film was described as an "almost unprecedented success" in local Budapest press.[3]

In some ads, the film was referred to as simple Élet királya.[6] The film was released in Germany as Die Spur seiner Sünden.[7] Outside of Hungary it was also known as Dorian Gray Arckepe.[2] As of 2022, as with nearly all of Lugosi's Hungarian film productions, no copy of the film is known to exist.[8]

Reception

In the Hungarian newspaper Pesti Napló, a critic declared the film "a great psychological drama" and declared it an interesting comparison with the German film Das Bildnis des Dorian Gray by Richard Oswald.[9] Other reviews praised the work of Bela Lugosi, who performed in the film under the name Arisztid Olt.[4] A critic in Mozihét Kino-Woche stated Lugis played Lord Watton "with an artfulness of the highest quality"[4][10] while another called his acting "most noble."[4][11]

See also

• Béla Lugosi filmography
• Adaptations of The Picture of Dorian Gray

References

Sources

• Rhodes, Gary Don (2006) [1997]. Lugosi. His Life in Films, on Stage, and in the Hearts of Horror Lovers. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. ISBN 978-0-78640257-1.
• Rhodes, Gary D.; Kaffenberger, Bill (2021). Becoming Dracula - The Early Years of Bela Lugosi (Kindle ed.). BearManor Media.

External links

• Az élet királya at IMDb

На других языках

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[de] Dorian Gray (1917)

Dorian Gray ist ein 1917 in ungarischer Sprache gedrehter Österreich-ungarischer Stummfilm mit Bela Lugosi in einer Hauptrolle. Der ungarische Originaltitel bedeutet übersetzt König des Lebens.

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- [en] Az élet királya

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