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.Burns p.32 It was shot at the Hunnia Studios in Budapest. The film's sets were designed by the

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. It is based on a 1929 novel by Lajos Kassák and is set amongst working class inhabitants of Budapest during the Horthy era.

Cast

as Mitrovácz Miklós *

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* Lajos Cs. Németh as Péter *

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as Imruska * Gyöngyvér Demjén * Árpád Gyenge *

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as Aranka * Lajos Gárday *

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* Irén Keresztes *

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as Imre bácsi felesége * Klári Létay *

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as Károly - zsaroló * Zoltán Makláry as verklis *

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as Imre bácsi *

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* József Ross *

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* Ernö Szabó as Keresztes bácsi * Sándor Szemere *

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References

Bibliography

* Burns, Bryan. ''World Cinema: Hungary''. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press, 1996. * Liehm, Mira & Liehm, Antonín J. ''The Most Important Art: Soviet and Eastern European Film After 1945''. University of California Press, 1980. * Rîpeanu, Bujor. (ed.) ''International Directory of Cinematographers, Set- and Costume Designers in Film: Hungary (from the beginnings to 1988)''. Saur, 1981.

External links

* 1962 films 1960s Hungarian-language films 1962 drama films Hungarian drama films Hungarian black-and-white films Films shot at Hunnia Studios Films directed by György Révész Films set in Budapest Films based on Hungarian novels {{Hungary-film-stub hu:Angyalok földje