Film

Petőfi '73

1973 · 1h 10m

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.

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

• Ferenc KardosDirector · Screenplay
• István KardosScreenplay
• János KendeDirector of Photography
• János RózsaEditor

Release date

June 16, 1973

Status

Released

Original language

Hungarian

Runtime

1h 10m