The Crucial Moment
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Kulinyi, the theatre secretary in Budapest, becomes the director of a rural theatre. He takes with him a talented, budding theatre couple, Gábor Bálint and Éva Pap. He fights a hopeless battle with drunken and jaded actors, undemanding audiences, and demands the release of their untalented relatives with creditors. Finally, tired of failure, all three return to Pest. Kulinyi resumes his post as secretary. Gábor Bálint, out of options, approaches the famous actor Ferenc Tőrös and asks him to let him play the role for one night only, so that he can prove his talent.
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Andor Ajtay
Törös Ferenc
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Gyula Kabos
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Dezsõ Ákos Hamza
Zoltán Makláry
Tokody Balázs
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Ladislao Vajda Director · János Bókay Writer Andor Zsoldos Writer
First release March 20, 1938 · Produced in Hungary · Original title Döntő pillanat
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Hamza Film
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Hungary
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Original title
Döntő pillanat
Original language
Hungarian
Spoken on screen
Hungarian
Release dates
Hungary · March 20, 1938
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