Directed by:
Gyula MaárScreenplay:
Gyula MaárCinematography:
Emil NovákComposer:
György SelmecziCast:
Jiří Menzel, Hana Maciuchová, Jiří Adamíra, Cecília Esztergályos, Miklós Tolnay, Mari Kiss, Magda Kohut, Margit Pogány, Mari Törőcsik, László Csákányi (more)Plots(1)
The main character of the story which takes place in the twenties in Budapest is the poet Dr. Rácz György, who returns after ten years of absence. In a café he meets his former friend Lajos, who has just broken up with his lover, Márta, because of the wife of professor Büchler. The transiently formed, rootless Rácz gets entangled into the sophisticated, complicated love affairs of bored or tired ladies, but he entirely inept for this. He stumbles about as an alien in the middle class apartments, among and around women as long as the play turns sour: Márta commits suicide. Rácz then flees to Rome and from here he disappears forever. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Jiří Menzel
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Elementary School (1991)
The Cremator (1968)
Larks on a String (1969)
Hana Maciuchová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Cyrano z Bergeracu (1986) (theatrical recording)
Dům na nebesích (1984) (theatrical recording)
Mnoho povyku pro nic (1972) (theatrical recording)
Jiří Adamíra
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Dva na koni, jeden na oslu (1977) (theatrical recording)
A Prayer for Katerina Horovitzova (1965) (TV movie)
Byl jednou jeden dům (1974) (series)
Cecília Esztergályos
Kingdom of Hungary
Best movies:
Very Moral Night, A (1977)
Aglaya (2012)
The Age of Daydreaming (1965)
Miklós Tolnay
Kingdom of Hungary
Best movies:
Diary for My Loves (1987)
The Pagan Madonna (1981)
Dollybirds (1997)
Mari Kiss
Hungary
Best movies:
Ball Lightning (1978)
Delta (2008)
American Torso (1976)
Magda Kohut
Kingdom of Hungary
Best movies:
Ants' Nest (1971)
Margit Pogány
German Empire
Mari Törőcsik
Kingdom of Hungary
Best movies:
Paths of Light (2005)
The Boys of Paul Street (1969)
Merry-Go-Round (1956)
László Csákányi
Austria
Best movies:
Mattie, the Goose-Boy (1977)
Vuk: The Little Fox (1981)
Indul a bakterház (1980) (TV movie)
László Szacsvay
Hungary
Best movies:
Perlasca: The Courage of a Just Man (2002) (TV movie)
Nobody's Daughter (1976)
Oh, Bloody Life (1984)
János Bán
Hungary
Best movies:
My Sweet Little Village (1985)
Fateless (2005)
Liza, the Fox-Fairy (2015)
Márta Bakó
Kingdom of Hungary
Best movies:
Fateless (2005)
László Baranyi
Kingdom of Hungary
Best movies:
Oh, Bloody Life (1984)
Just Sex and Nothing Else (2005)
A Kind of America 2 (2008)
György Bősze
Kingdom of Hungary
Best movies:
Diary for My Children (1984)
Tamás Cseh
Kingdom of Hungary
Best movies:
6:3 (1999)
The Tyrant's Heart (1981)
Elektreia (1975)
Anna Fehér
Hungary
István Hunyadkürthy
Hungary
Best movies:
Dog's Night Song (1983)
Citizen X (1995) (TV movie)
Allegro Barbaro (1979)
István Iglódi
Kingdom of Hungary
Best movies:
The Corporal and Others (1965)