A Strange Role
(1976)
★ 7 IMDb · 4 votes
Year: 1976
Runtime: 82 мин
Country: Hungary
Director: Sándor Pál
Cast: Endre Holmann, Dajka Margit, Szabó Sándor, Kútvölgyi Erzsébet, Garas Dezső, Карла Романелли, Mária Lázár, Patkós Irma, Kern András, György Simon
Plot
After the breakup of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, a young Hungarian, wanted by the police for political crimes, escapes to just this side of the Austrian border. When he discovers that his escape contact has been shot, he disguises himself as a woman and, posing as a maid, takes refuge at a tuberculosis sanatorium. He lives there as a woman for the entire winter before resuming his journey in the spring.