This epic story takes place between 1820 and 1860 during the Habsburg Monarchy, and portrays the life one of the greatest Hungarian aristocrats - Count Széchenyi - who was born with extra-ordinary mental and spiritual talents. In the years following the fall of Napoleon the young count Széchenyi irresponsibly seduces his brother's wife, and the consequent scandal ruins his career as an army officer. After the sudden death of his humiliated lover Count Széchenyi drastically changes his character from that of a shallow young man into a responsible nobleman seeking to conquer his fate by creating great achievements in his remaining life.
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Cast
23 people
Károly Eperjes
Count István Széchenyi
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Colonel Redl
Gáspár Sándor
Pál Széchenyi
Haumann Péter
Dr. Coenget
Nagy Ervin
Lajos Kossuth
Szarvas József
Mihály Kiss
Ervin Nagy
Lajos Kossuth
Known for
On Body and Soul
Bet on Revenge
Can Togay
Lajos Batthyányi
Known for
Sniper 2
György Cserhalmi
Miklós Wesselényi
Known for
Son of the White Mare
Damnation
Marius Bodochi
Karl Clam-Martinitz
Also in
The Goat and Her Three Kids
A Roof Overhead
Iván Darvas
Metternich
Also in
Love
Lily Boy
Adél Kováts
Caroline Mead
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Angyalbőrben
Private foxhound
Sándor Gáspár
Pál Széchenyi
Also in
Glass Tiger
Out of Order
Géza Bereményi Director · Can Togay Writer Sándor Kardos Cinematographer
Budget $7M · First release April 10, 2002 · Produced in Hungary
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Budget
$7,000,000
Production
Hungary
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Original title
A hídember
Original language
Hungarian
Spoken on screen
Hungarian
Release dates
Hungary · April 10, 2002
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No release date listed for United States.
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