Petőfi '73

Overview

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

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