''The Healing Water'' (Hungarian: ''Büdösvíz'') is a 1967 Hungarian

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directed by

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and starring

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and

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. ''Filmévkönyv''. Magyar Filmtudományi Intézet és Filmarchívum, 1986. p.243 It was shot at the Hunnia Studios in

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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Synopsis

When a mineral water well is discovered in a small village, an entrepreneur has plans to turn it into a major tourist attraction.

Cast

as Gölöncsér Lali *

as Szombathy Félix *

as Terus * László Bánhidi as Gölöncsér Lajos *

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as Tanácselnök *

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as Lanka, tsz-elnök *

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as Boglárka * Jenõ Horváth as Vetró * Gyula Horváth as Agárdy * Ottó Ruttkai as õrnagy * János Garics as Paksi *

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as Annus * József Petrik as Ezüst elvtárs * Tibor Puskás as Mérnök *

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* Lajos Kelemen * Ila Lóth

References

Bibliography

* Balski, Grzegorz . ''Directory of Eastern European Film-makers and Films 1945-1991''. Flicks Books, 1992. * Rîpeanu, Bujor. (ed.) ''International Directory of Cinematographers, Set- and Costume Designers in Film: Hungary (from the beginnings to 1988)''. Saur, 1981.

External links

* 1967 films 1960s Hungarian-language films 1967 comedy films Hungarian comedy films Hungarian black-and-white films Films shot at Hunnia Studios Films directed by Frigyes Bán {{Hungary-film-stub