Petőfi '73

Story

Synopsis

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.

Director

Ferenc Kardos

Writers

István Kardos, Ferenc Kardos

Language

Hungarian

Country

Hungary

Release date

16 June 1973

Ensemble

Cast

• Mihály Kovács

  Petőfi Sándor

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  Kata Kánya

  Damjanich

• Zoltán Fábián

  Dembinszky

• Nóra Kovács

  Szendrey Júlia

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  Can Togay

  Kossuth Lajos

• Tibor Csizmadia

  Vasvári Pál

• Csaba Oszkay

  Madarász László

• Attila Kőhalmi

  Jókai

• Miklós Donik

  Orlay Petrik Soma

• Péter Sváda

  Bem

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  Péter Blaskó

  Klapka

• János Marosvölgyi

  Dembinszky