Movielogr
The Half of a Boy (1924)
Directed by Géza von Bolváry
Overview
In English known informally as “The Half of a Boy” and “Stepmother”. Based on the novel by Kálmán Mikszáth. After his wife’s death Gáthy Lörinc (in Serbian version: Mr. Wickfield) remarries and in secret he takes his son born from this second marriage to the same foster parents who take care his first son born from his first marriage and left without mother. Five years later, when both boys return home, his wife does not know which is her own child, and which is the child of the previous wife, so the husband’s desire is fulfilled, his orphaned son doesn’t have step-mother, because his wife loves both boys equally, as her sweet children.
Length 64 minutes
Actors
Paul Lukas | Gusztáv Vándory | Helene von Bolvary | Ferenc Vendrey | Teréz Kürti | Gyula Kompóthy | Soma Szarvasi | Tibor Hegedüs | Jolan Ujhelyine | Juci Viz | Lajos Ujváry