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Gábor Koncz
Gábor Koncz (born 1938) is a Hungary, Hungarian actor. In the US, he is well known for playing Vagran Rostavili, brother of the main antagonist Viktor Rostavili in ''Red Heat (1988 film), Red Heat'' (1988). Selected filmography * ''Tales of a Long Journey'' (1963) * ''Germinal (1963 film), Germinal'' (1963) * ''Háry János (1965 film), Háry János'' (1965) * ''And Then The Guy...'' (1966) * ''Three Nights of Love (1967 film), Three Nights of Love'' (1967) * ''Stars of Eger (1968 film), Stars of Eger'' (1968) * ''Pikemen (film), Pikemen'' (1975) * ''Hungarians (film), Hungarians'' (1978) * ''Hungarian Rhapsody (1979 film), Hungarian Rhapsody'' (1979) * ''The Assistant (1982 film), The Assistant'' (1982) * ''Do not Panic, Major Kardos'' (1982) * ''Red Heat (1988 film), Red Heat'' (1988) * ''Metamorphosis (2007 film), Metamorphosis'' (2007) * ''The Door (2012 film), The Door'' (2012) Bibliography * Burns, Bryan. ''World Cinema: Hungary''. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mezőkeresztes
Mezőkeresztes is a town in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county, Northern Hungary in the continent of Europe near Mezőkövesd and Eger. Location south from county seat Miskolc. Can be reached by car on highway M3. The train station ''Mezőkeresztes–Mezőnyárád'' is away from the town itself, towards Mezőnyárád. History The area around it has been inhabited since the Migration period, Great Migration. In the 14th century it belonged to the Castle of Diósgyőr, Diósgyőr estate. King Ladislaus the Posthumous, Ladislaus V granted market town status to Mezőkeresztes. In 1596, there was a great Battle of Keresztes, Battle of Mezőkeresztes, where Mehmed III, a sultan of the Ottoman Empire defeated the Habsburg and Transylvanian forces. During the battle the Sultan had to be dissuaded from fleeing the field halfway through the battle. After the end of the Ottoman era, the town prospered but in the 19th century it lost its importance and became a village. In 1950, oil resource ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pikemen (film)
A pike is a long thrusting spear formerly used in European warfare from the Late Middle Ages and most of the early modern period, and wielded by foot soldiers deployed in pike square formation, until it was largely replaced by bayonet-equipped muskets. The pike was particularly well known as the primary weapon of Spanish tercios, Swiss mercenary, German Landsknecht units and French sans-culottes. A similar weapon, the sarissa, had been used in antiquity by Alexander the Great's Macedonian phalanx infantry. Design The pike was a long weapon, varying considerably in size, from long. Generally, a spear becomes a pike when it is too long to be wielded with one hand in combat. It was approximately in weight, with the 16th-century military writer Sir John Smythe recommending lighter rather than heavier pikes. It had a wooden shaft with an iron or steel spearhead affixed. The shaft near the head was often reinforced with metal strips called "cheeks" or langets. When the troop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1938 Births
Events January * January 1 – state-owned enterprise, State-owned railway networks are created by merger, in France (SNCF) and the Netherlands (Nederlandse Spoorwegen – NS). * January 20 – King Farouk of Egypt marries Safinaz Zulficar, who becomes Farida of Egypt, Queen Farida, in Cairo. * January 27 – The Honeymoon Bridge (Niagara Falls), Honeymoon Bridge at Niagara Falls, New York, collapses as a result of an ice jam. February * February 4 ** Adolf Hitler abolishes the War Ministry and creates the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (High Command of the Armed Forces), giving him direct control of the German military. In addition, he dismisses political and military leaders considered unsympathetic to his philosophy or policies. General Werner von Fritsch is forced to resign as Commander of Chief of the German Army following accusations of homosexuality, and replaced by General Walther von Brauchitsch. Foreign Minister Baron Konstantin von Neurath is dismi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Door (2012 Film)
''The Door'' () is a 2012 English-language Hungarian drama film directed by István Szabó and starring Martina Gedeck and Helen Mirren. It is based on the The Door (novel), Hungarian novel of the same name concerning the relationship of a novelist (Gedeck) and her eccentric maid (Mirren) in early-1970s Hungary. The film was selected to be featured in the competition programme at the 34th Moscow International Film Festival. It also won the Michael Curtiz Audience Award at the Hungarian Film Festival of Los Angeles in November 2012. Cast * Helen Mirren as Emerenc * Martina Gedeck as Magda * Károly Eperjes as Tibor * Gábor Koncz as The Lt. Colonel * Enikő Börcsök as Sutu * Ági Szirtes as Polett * Erika Marozsán as Eva "Evike" Großman * Ildikó Tóth (actress), Ildikó Tóth as Doctor * Mari Nagy as Adél * Péter Andorai as Mr. Brodarics Awards * Hungarian Film Festival of Los Angeles – Michael Curtiz Audience Award: The Door (2012) References External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metamorphosis (2007 Film)
Metamorphosis is a biological process by which an animal physically develops including birth transformation or hatching, involving a conspicuous and relatively abrupt change in the animal's body structure through cell growth and differentiation. Some insects, jellyfish, fish, amphibians, mollusks, crustaceans, cnidarians, echinoderms, and tunicates undergo metamorphosis, which is often accompanied by a change of nutrition source or behavior. Animals can be divided into species that undergo complete metamorphosis (" holometaboly"), incomplete metamorphosis (" hemimetaboly"), or no metamorphosis (" ametaboly"). Generally organisms with a larval stage undergo metamorphosis, and during metamorphosis the organism loses larval characteristics. Etymology The word ''metamorphosis'' derives from Ancient Greek , "transformation, transforming", from ('), "after" and ('), "form". Hormonal control In insects, growth and metamorphosis are controlled by hormones synthesized by endo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Do Not Panic, Major Kardos
Do not Panic, Major Kardos () is a 1982 Hungarian comedy film, sequel of The Pagan Madonna. Cast * István Bujtor - Ötvös Csöpi * András Kern - Dr. Kardos * László Bánhidi - Matuska * Gyula Bodrogi - Boros * Gábor Koncz Gábor Koncz (born 1938) is a Hungary, Hungarian actor. In the US, he is well known for playing Vagran Rostavili, brother of the main antagonist Viktor Rostavili in ''Red Heat (1988 film), Red Heat'' (1988). Selected filmography * ''Tales of a ... - gangster boss * - Pötyi References External links * 1980s crime action films Films set in Lake Balaton Hungarian comedy films {{Hungary-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Assistant (1982 Film)
''The Assistant'' () is a 1982 Czechoslovak drama film directed by Zoro Zahon. The film was selected as the Czechoslovak entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 55th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Cast * Gábor Koncz as Valent Lancaric * Elo Romančík as Riecan * Ildikó Pécsi as Mrs. Riecan * Marta Sládecková as Eva Riecanová * Ivan Mistrík Ivan Mistrík (15 October 1935 – 8 June 1982) was a Slovak actor. He appeared in more than forty films from 1952 to 1982. Selected filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mistrik, Ivan 1935 births 1982 deaths Male ac ... as Dobrik * Milan Kis as Filadelfi * József Ropog as Torok * Hana Talpová as Vilma * Július Satinský as Dr. Bielik See also * List of submissions to the 55th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film * List of Czechoslovak submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hungarian Rhapsody (1979 Film)
''Hungarian Rhapsody'' () is a 1979 Hungarian drama film directed by Miklós Jancsó Miklós Jancsó (; 27 September 192131 January 2014) was a Hungarian people, Hungarian film director and screenwriter. Jancsó achieved international prominence starting in the mid-1960s with works including ''Szegénylegények, The Round-Up'' .... It was entered into the 1979 Cannes Film Festival. It won Golden Peacock (Best Film) at the 7th International Film Festival of India. The film depicts "a peasant revolt in Hungary in the early twentieth century." "''Hungarian Rhapsody'' and '' Allegro Barbaro'' (both 1978) formed the first two parts of an uncompleted trilogy on the life of a nationalist executed in 1944 for his involvement in an anti-Hitler plot. Both were judged too parochial to travel abroad.", commented the ''Sydney Morning Herald'' at the death of the director. Cast * György Cserhalmi as Zsadányi István * Lajos Balázsovits as Zsadányi Gábor * Gábor Koncz as Sze ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hungarians (film)
''Hungarians'' () is a 1978 Hungarian drama film directed by Zoltán Fábri. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 51st Academy Awards. Plot Winter of 1942/1943. Within the Csarda, a group of farmworkers convene, discussing the most advantageous course of action—to seek employment in Germany, primarily to avoid conscription, where they believe they can earn more. Their presence on the estate is met with acceptance; the manager is Hungarian, whose family barely escaped to the USA. Situated in a remote area, the estate's owner is elderly and ailing, with his sole son serving as a soldier. Nearby, a prisoner of war camp houses French detainees, whom they are strictly forbidden to approach. Spring arrives, and the farm work intensifies. Shielded from the war's realities by their isolation, their naiveté is shattered by the sudden disappearance of the estate's coachman, the execution of exhausted Soviet prisoners, and the forced habitation of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stars Of Eger (1968 Film)
''Stars of Eger'' (Hungarian:''Egri csillagok'') is a 1968 Hungarian- Bulgarian historical film directed by Zoltán Várkonyi and starring Imre Sinkovits, György Bárdy and István Kovács. It is an adaptation of the 1899 novel '' Eclipse of the Crescent Moon'' by Géza Gárdonyi. An earlier silent film adaptation, '' Stars of Eger'', was made in 1923. ''"Stars of Eger"'' is a direct translation of the original Hungarian title of the novel. Partial cast * Imre Sinkovits – István Dobó * György Bárdy – Jumurdzsák * István Kovács – Gergely Bornemissza * Tibor Bitskey – István Mekcsey * Gábor Agárdy – Sárközy * Vera Venczel – Éva Cecey * Éva Ruttkai – Queen Isabella Jagiellon * Hilda Gobbi – Mrs. Balogh * Vera Szemere – Mrs. Cecey * Péter Benkő – János Török * Rudolf Somogyvári – István Hegedûs * Gyula Benkő – Bali Bey * László Tahi Tóth – Ádám, Kobza player * Géza Tordy – Miklós * Tamás Major – Sultan Su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hungary
Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and Slovenia to the southwest, and Austria to the west. Hungary lies within the drainage basin of the Danube, Danube River and is dominated by great lowland plains. It has a population of 9.6 million, consisting mostly of ethnic Hungarians, Hungarians (Magyars) and a significant Romani people in Hungary, Romani minority. Hungarian language, Hungarian is the Languages of Hungary, official language, and among Languages of Europe, the few in Europe outside the Indo-European languages, Indo-European family. Budapest is the country's capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, largest city, and the dominant cultural and economic centre. Prior to the foundation of the Hungarian state, various peoples settled in the territory of present-day Hun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three Nights Of Love (1967 Film)
''Three Nights of Love'' (Hungarian: ''Egy szerelem három éjszakája'') is a 1967 Hungarian war drama film directed by György Révész and starring Vera Venczel, Benedek Tóth and Iván Darvas.Cowie & Elley p.248 It was shot at the Hunnia Studios in Budapest. The film's sets were designed by the art director József Romvári. Cast * Vera Venczel as Júlia * Benedek Tóth as Róbert * Iván Darvas as Boldizsár * Zoltán Latinovits Zoltán Latinovits (9 September 1931, in Budapest – 4 June 1976, in Balatonszemes) was a Hungarian actor. Early life His mother divorced his father Oszkár Latinovits in 1941 and married István Frenreisz, a medical doctor, with whom she ha ... as Menyhért * Imre Sinkovits as Gáspár * Philippe Forquet as Gilbert * Zoltán Makláry as Old painter * Ferenc Kállai as Detective * Tamás Major as Lajos, Head waiter * Ilona Béres as Melitta * Gyula Bodrogi as Sándorka * Zoltán Greguss as Husband of Melitta Reference ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
