Pista Dankó

Story

Synopsis

Pista Dankó falls in love with Ilonka Jáky, the beautiful blonde lady, so his old love, Rózsi, the wild gypsy girl, puts a curse on him. Ilonka elopes with Pista and they marry. They live in difficult circumstances, but Lajos Pósa takes up the talented young man. Pista wants to recover his legendary violin, which has fallen into the possession of a Russian prince, so he goes on a tour of Russia. Here he meets Rózsi, who has become a famous dancer and now has a hold on him too. Meanwhile, Pista falls ill and returns home to die. In his last hours, a package arrives from Rosie. He plays his last song with the returned violin.

Director

László Kalmár

Writers

László Bihari

Language

Hungarian

Country

Hungary

Release date

10 January 1941

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Pál Jávor

  Dankó Pista

• Erzsi Simor

  Jáky Ilonka

• Margit Lukács

  Rózsi

• 

  Sándor Tompa

  Kukac

• 

  Kálmán Rózsahegyi

  Marci bácsi

• 

  Béla Mihályffi

  Ilonka apja

• Juliska Ligeti

  Juliska Ligeti

• Zoltán Szakáts

  Bandi,az udvarló

• György Kürthy

  Rózsa Lajos

• 

  György Solthy

  Vladimír nagyherceg

• Géza Földessy

  Vladimír segédttisztje

• Lajos Sugár

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