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Budapest Classic Film Marathon: Watch on the Rhine

Watch on the Rhine
American drama, black and white, 114 min, 1943
in English and German with Hungarian subtitles

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Director: Herman Shumlin

Screenplay by Dashiell Hammett, Lillian Hellman
Director of photography: Merritt B. Gerstad
Music by Max Steiner
Cast: Bette Davis, Paul Lukas, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Lucile Watson

Budapest, Vienna, Hollywood / Stars, Shine!

Our very own Pál Lukács, a.k.a. Paul Lukas, speaks English with a wonderful Central European accent. He won an Oscar for his role as a German anti-fascist – to this day he is the only actor born in Hungary to have collected this Academy Award. Kim Carnes had a pop hit about the eyes of Bette Davis who plays the wife of Lukas’s character. Davis, the greatest tragedienne after Garbo, sensitively portrays an American woman concerned about her husband but trusting in his honour. One of the biggest American thriller writers, Dashiel Hammett (who participated in the development of the film as screenwriter), upped the excitement factor by weaving a complex plot following the appearance of the mysterious Romanian Teck.

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Opening hours: Summer opening hours from June 26 to August 28, 2025! During this period, the box office opens on weekdays at 4:30 PM, on weekends at 10:30 AM.
Box office closes 15 minutes after the start of the last screening.
The Uránia Café is open during the opening hours of the cinema.
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1088 Budapest, Rákóczi út 21.

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