''The Boys of Paul Street'' ( hu, A Pál utcai fiúk) is a 1969 Hungarian
drama film directed by
Zoltán Fábri and based on the 1906 youth novel ''
The Paul Street Boys'' by
Ferenc Molnár. It was nominated for the
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
The Academy Award for Best International Feature Film (known as Best Foreign Language Film prior to 2020) is one of the Academy Awards handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given to a ...
.
It features English-speaking (American and British) child actors (led by
Anthony Kemp as Ernő Nemecsek) accompanied by Hungarian adult ones including Fábri's favorite actress
Mari Törőcsik
Mari Törőcsik (born Marián Törőcsik; 23 November 1935 – 16 April 2021) was a Hungarian stage and film actress. She appeared in more than 170 films from 1956 to 2020. She won the award for Best Actress at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival ...
as Nemecsek's mother. Currently, it is acclaimed as the best and most faithful adaptation of Molnár's source novel and a classic film in Hungary.
Cast
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Mari Törőcsik
Mari Törőcsik (born Marián Törőcsik; 23 November 1935 – 16 April 2021) was a Hungarian stage and film actress. She appeared in more than 170 films from 1956 to 2020. She won the award for Best Actress at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival ...
as Nemecsek's mother
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Sándor Pécsi as teacher Rácz
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László Kozák
László () is a Hungarian male given name and surname after the King-Knight Saint Ladislaus I of Hungary (1077–1095). It derives from Ladislav, a variant of Vladislav. Other versions are Lessl or Laszly. The name has a history of being freque ...
as Janó
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Anthony Kemp as Ernő Nemecsek
* William Burleigh as Boka
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John Moulder-Brown as Geréb
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Robert Efford as Csónakos
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Mark Colleano as Csele
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Gary O'Brien as Weisz
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Martin Beaumont
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as Kolnay
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Paul Bartlett as Barabás
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Earl Younger as Leszik
See also
* ''
The Paul Street Boys'', a 1935 Italian film adaptation of the same novel
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List of Hungarian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
External links
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1960s Hungarian-language films
1969 films
Films based on Hungarian novels
Films based on works by Ferenc Molnár
Films directed by Zoltán Fábri
1969 drama films
Hungarian drama films
Films set in Budapest
20th Century Fox films
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