Masked Ball

Masked Ball
Still from the film
Directed byAlfréd Deésy
Written byFrancesco Maria Piave
Eugène Scribe
Antonio Somma
Produced byStar Film
StarringBéla Lugosi
Annie Goth
Norbert Dan
Robert Fiath
CinematographyKaroly Vass
Music byGiuseppe Verdi
Distributed byStar Film
Release date
  • 1917 (1917)
CountryHungary
LanguageSilent

Masked Ball (Hungarian: Álarcosbál) is a 1917 Hungarian film directed by Alfréd Deésy and featuring Béla Lugosi and Norbert Dan. 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.

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.

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