Two Girls on the Street
Directed by André de Toth • 1939 • Hungary
Starring Bella Bordy, Mária Tasnádi Fekete, Piri Vaszary
The maverick Hollywood stylist André de Toth sharpened his craft in his native Hungary, including making this chic, dynamic melodrama, studded with deco decor and jazzy musical interludes. Two upwardly mobile working women—one a musician in an all-girl band, the other a bricklayer—join forces in their attempts to make it in Budapest, supporting each other through changing fortunes, the advances of lecherous men, and the highs and heartbreaks of love. Kinetic camera work, brisk editing, and avant-garde imagery abound in this often strikingly modern ode to the power of working-class female solidarity.
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Two Girls on the Street
Directed by André de Toth • 1939 • Hungary
Starring Bella Bordy, Mária Tasnádi Fekete, Piri VaszaryThe maverick Hollywood stylist André de Toth sharpened his craft in his native Hungary, including making this chic, dynamic melodrama, studded with deco decor and jazzy musical interludes. Two up...
Extras
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Martin Scorsese on TWO GIRLS ON THE STREET
The following short video featuring Martin Scorsese, founder of The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project, was produced in 2022.
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Life Lessons from André de Toth
Presented here are excerpts from an interview with director André de Toth that was recorded in 1994 at the National Film Theatre in London.
