Rolling from laughter with my father: Bud Spencer movies in Kádár’s Hungary Cover Image

Amin együtt röhögünk apámmal. Bud Spencer filmjei a kádári Magyarországon
Rolling from laughter with my father: Bud Spencer movies in Kádár’s Hungary

Author(s): Gábor Beretvás
Subject(s): Post-War period (1950 - 1989), Film / Cinema / Cinematography
Published by: Korunk Baráti Társaság
Keywords: Bud Spencer; Terence Hill; István Bujtor; Hungary; Kádár era; blue pencil; censorship; revoicing

Summary/Abstract: In this study I look at the reasons behind the popularity of Bud Spencer movies in the Kádár era of Hungary, taking into account the censorship and the regime’s relationship to these works. I discuss the type of western view these movies communicated towards the „happiest barracks” in the socialist camp and the different layers of humor in these productions. The study separates the significance of the Piedone movies and Bud Spencer’s work together with Terence Hill. I also study the importance of the outstanding quality of Hungarian revoicing in the ’70s and ’80s. At the end I look at the similar works of the socialist Bud Spencer, István Bujtor.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 03
  • Page Range: 69-78
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Hungarian