The Football Star

The Football Star (Hungarian: A csodacsatár) is a 1957 Hungarian sports comedy film directed by Márton Keleti and starring Imre Pongracz as the football star, Kamill Feleki, László Ungváry and Manyi Kiss. It features a number of cameos from Ferenc Puskás and other footballers of the Hungarian national Golden Team, who had finished as runners-up at the 1954 World Cup. It was shot at the Hunnia Studios in Budapest. The film's sets were designed by the art director Zoltán Fülöp.

Main cast

 * Kamill Feleki as Brunó
 * László Ungváry as Admiral Duca
 * Imre Pongrácz as Jóska, the star player
 * Lajos Mányai as Caprain Venturo
 * Manyi Kiss as Aurélia
 * Imre Sinkovits as Riporter
 * Éva Schubert as Estella
 * Tivadar Horváth as Filippo
 * Gábor Rajnay as the president
 * Gyula Gózon as the prime minister
 * Zoltán Makláry as the barber
 * János Makláry as a shoeshiner
 * Ferenc Puskás as Himself
 * John Bartha as soccer player

After Puskás defected to Spain following the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, his role was re-shot with Nándor Hidegkuti; both versions of the film were eventually released.