Based on the novel of the same name by Lajos Meszterházy about the escape from prison of two communists sentenced to death. The movie is set in 1921, two years after the defeat of the Hungarian Soviet Republic.
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Cast
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Ádám Szirtes
Ferenc Szabó
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Gyula Szabó
Béla Balogh, friend of Szabó
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Zoltán Várkonyi
Tamás Pokol
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Margit Bara
Szabó's bride
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Manyi Kiss
Miner woman
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Zoltán Makláry
uncle Sanyi
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Ferenc Kiss
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László Bánhidi
detective Kovács
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Béla Barsi
Útkaparó
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Hilda Gobbi
Anya
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Ferenc Ladányi
Vági
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Lány
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Hungarians
Márton Keleti Director · Miklós Hubay Writer Mesterházi Lajos Author
First release November 26, 1959 · Produced in Hungary
Production
Hunnia Filmstúdió
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Hungary
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Original language
Hungarian
Spoken on screen
Hungarian
Release dates
Hungary · November 26, 1959
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Russia
May 3, 1960 · Theatrical
XC
August 12, 1960 · Theatrical
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