Masked Ball (Hungarian: Álarcosbál) is a 1917 Hungarian film directed by Alfréd Deésy and featuring Béla Lugosi and Norbert Dan.[1] The screenplay was written by Francesco Maria Piave, Eugène Scribe and Antonio Somma. It was based on the opera Un ballo in maschera by Giuseppe Verdi. [2]

Lugosi played Rene, a Secretary Governor, one of his earliest "red herring" roles. The film was first shown at the Urania Theater in Budapest on Oct. 21, 1917.[3]

Cast

• Norbert Dán
• Róbert Fiáth
• Lajos Gellért (credited as Viktor Kurd)
• Annie Góth as Amalia
• Richard Kornai as Rendorfonok
• Béla Lugosi as Rene
• Gyula Feher as Osvals

See also

• Béla Lugosi filmography

References

External links

• Masked Ball at IMDb

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