Pista Dankó
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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.
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Pál Jávor
Dankó Pista
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Rózsi
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László Kalmár Director · László Bihari Writer
First release September 9, 1940 · Produced in Hungary · Original title Dankó Pista
Production
Mester Film Kft.
Production
Hungary
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Dankó Pista
Original language
Hungarian
Spoken on screen
Hungarian
Release dates
Italy · September 9, 1940
Venice Film Festival
Hungary · January 10, 1941
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Denmark
October 4, 1943
Finland
February 8, 1942
Portugal
July 3, 1951
Sweden
January 20, 1941
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