Csaladi Potlek (1938)

Countries - Hungary  |   MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson

This Hungarian romantic comedy stars future Hollywood character actor Steve Geray as a carefree young bachelor named Peter. By day a sober-sided insurance clerk, Peter cuts loose at night, hitting every "hot spot" in Budapest and spending money like a sailor. In order to supplement his rapidly depleting income, Peter pretends to be married and the father of several children, thereby eliciting salary hikes from his sympathetic bosses. When he's forced to produce his nonexistent family, Peter hires a young actress named Mary (Magda Kun) to pose as his wife then "borrows" the janitor's babies -- with the expected silly results. Outside of Hungary, Csaladi Potlek was known as Family Bonus.