Dance
, 0 min, 1901
Show times:
Director: Béla Zsitkovszky
Writer: Gyula Pekár
Cameraman: Béla Zsitkovszky
Music selected by: Aurél Kern
Dances instructed by: Cézár Smeraldi
Characters: Lidia Balogh, Ilona Berzétey, Lujza Blaha, Sári Fedák, Gyula Hegedüs, Aranka Hegyi, Korner brothers, Emilia Márkus, Margit Maróthy, Lina Nikó, Emilia Nirschy, Ilka Pálmay, Ákos Ráthonyi, Gizella Schmidek, Zoltán Szerémy, Irén Varsányi, Ferenc Vendrei, Kálmán Kenedich and the dance company of the Opera House.
The first Hungarian silent film was made in 1901 with a view to illustrating the performance of the Uránia popular science company. The motion picture did not survive, only the pictures published in the contemporary media are available as well as the photographs from which a series of postcards was printed.
Contemporary papers published some series of pictures showing some dances, but as the developed series of photographs turned out to be too tiny, they wisely sent a stand-photographer to the reception who took his own pictures. Luckily enough, the stand-photographer could even capture a photo of Gyula Pekár, the film director popping up in a picture (in one of the satirical Csárdás pictures).
(Except for the two pictures of the Palotás dance, all pictures are standing photographs.)
Exhibition on Screen: Canaletto & the Art of Venice (12)
TicketsCall Us11:00 Fábri teremBölöni – The Transylvanian Legend (12)
TicketsCall Us11:30 Törőcsik Mari teremBonjour Switzerland (12)
TicketsCall Us11:30 Csortos teremOrpan (16)
TicketsCall Us13:30 DíszteremWisdom of Happiness (12)
TicketsCall Us13:30 Fábri teremA legbelsőbb Ázsia - Magyarok nyomában Mongolországban (12)
TicketsCall Us14:00 Törőcsik Mari teremVermiglio (16)
TicketsCall Us14:30 Csortos teremOh, Hi! (16)
TicketsCall Us15:15 Fábri teremWe Believe You (16)
TicketsCall Us15:30 DíszteremPassionate Women (16)
TicketsCall Us16:30 Törőcsik Mari teremLe répondeur (12)
TicketsCall Us16:30 Csortos teremThe Disappearence of Josef Mengele (16)
TicketsCall Us16:45 Fábri teremEMBER MARADJ - Az Ákos-sztori. Eddig. (12)
TicketsCall Us18:00 DíszteremMet 2025/26 - Richard Strauss: Arabella
TicketsCall Us18:30 Törőcsik Mari teremBlue Moon (16)
TicketsCall Us19:00 Fábri teremBugonia (18)
TicketsCall Us19:00 Csortos teremThe Last Viking (16)
TicketsCall Us20:30 Törőcsik Mari teremSárkányok Kabul felett (16)
2025.12.07 11:00 - 13:30
2025.12.07 18:00 - 22:15
2025.12.09 19:00 - 20:50
2025.12.10 18:00 - 20:00
2025.12.12 19:00 - 22:00
2025.12.12 19:00 - 22:00
2025.12.13 19:00 - 22:15
2025.12.14 15:00 - 18:20
2025.12.14 19:00 - 21:00
2025.12.15 19:00 - 21:30
Opening hours: on weekdays at 2:30 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.
© Uránia Nemzeti Filmszínház
1088 Budapest, Rákóczi út 21.
getting here
ticket info
contact us
company details
press
privacy policy