Petőfi '73

1h 10m
5.3

Using high-school students, Hungarian director Ferenc Kardos re-created the 1848 revolutionary period in that country's history which was dominated by the poet/soldier Sandor Petofi (1822-1849). Petofi wrote many epic poems which inspired Hungarian nationalism, the most well-known of which is Up Magyar! The students were encouraged to improvise without costumes or scenery, and did so with gusto.

Cast

Mihály Kovács
Petőfi Sándor
Kata Kánya
Damjanich
Zoltán Fábián
Dembinszky
Nóra Kovács
Szendrey Júlia
Can Togay
Kossuth Lajos
Tibor Csizmadia
Vasvári Pál
Csaba Oszkay
Madarász László
Attila Kőhalmi
Jókai
Miklós Donik
Orlay Petrik Soma
Péter Sváda
Bem
Péter Blaskó
Klapka
János Marosvölgyi
Dembinszky
Péter Szuhay
Görgey

Crew

Ferenc Kardos
Director, Screenplay
István Kardos
Screenplay
János Rózsa
Editor
János Kende
Director of Photography
Levente Szörényi
Music
Lajos Gulyás
Production Manager

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