Directed by:
Frigyes BánScreenplay:
Gyula HáyCinematography:
István EibenCast:
Sándor Deák, Éva Szörényi, Ági Mészáros, Sándor Tompa, Lajos Gellért, Árpád Lehotay, Gyula Tapolczay, Samu Balázs, László Bánhidi, Sándor Pécsi, József Bihari (more)Plots(1)
The main character in the story that takes place in 1896, year of the millennium, is Szakhmáry Zoltán, who, in sharp contrast with the people around him, is neither a cynic nor a lewd, not even someone with a tendency for showing off his strength. Instead, he strives to become a humane person with enough common sense and modern thinking. His estate, however, is the property of Eszter, his wife, who, realising that her husband has a lover, refuses to sign any bill of exchange, unaware of the fact that Rozika, her husband's mistress, is on the point of abandoning Zoltán as she has far-reaching plans to "work" her way further up the social hierarchy. The party, held on the farm, where all the landowners of the neighbourhood have gathered to have fun, is, at the same time, a peak and low point: the end of love, reform thinking and alternative thinking. In the end, Szakhmáry, having set the house on fire first, commits suicide. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Sándor Deák
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Last Nabob (1966)
The Wind Blows Under Your Feet (1976)
Éva Szörényi
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
A Fine Madness (1966)
An American Rhapsody (2001)
Ági Mészáros
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Twenty Hours (1965)
Budapest Tales (1977)
Binding Sentiments (1969)
Sándor Tompa
Austria-Hungary
Lajos Gellért
Austria-Hungary
Árpád Lehotay
Austria-Hungary
Gyula Tapolczay
Austria-Hungary
Samu Balázs
Austria-Hungary
László Bánhidi
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Recovery (1974)
Indul a bakterház (1980) (TV movie)
The Corporal and Others (1965)
Sándor Pécsi
Kingdom of Hungary
Best movies:
The Boys of Paul Street (1969)
St. Peter's Umbrella (1958)
Germinal (1963)
József Bihari
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Nobody's Daughter (1976)
Twenty Hours (1965)
Gábor Rajnay
Austria-Hungary
Tibor Molnár
Kingdom of Hungary
Best movies:
Two Half-Times in Hell (1961)
My Way Home (1965)
The Red and the White (1967)
Zoltán Makláry
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Last Nabob (1966)
Merry-Go-Round (1956)
Germinal (1963)
József Pataky
Austria-Hungary
Gyula Bartos
Austria-Hungary
Jenő Bodnár
Austria-Hungary
István Bársony
Austria-Hungary
Alfréd Deésy
Austria-Hungary