The Vulture (original Hungarian title ''Dögkeselyű'') is a

1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street Bridge in Washington, D.C. ...

Hungarian

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directed by

Ferenc András Ferenc András (24 November 1942 – 25 April 2024) was a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. He directed more than 20 films from 1970. His 1982 film ''The Vulture (1982 film), Dögkeselyű'' was entered into the 33rd Berlin International ...

. It was entered into the

33rd Berlin International Film Festival The 33rd annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 18 February to 1 March 1983. The festival opened with the out of competition film ''Tootsie'', by Sydney Pollack. The Golden Bear was jointly awarded to ''Ascendancy (film), Ascen ...

Soundtrack

The theme song of ''The Vulture'' was composed by . Its melody is very similar to that of

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, although whether this is coincidental is not known.

Cast

György Cserhalmi György Cserhalmi (born 17 February 1948, in Budapest) is a Hungarian actor. He graduated from the Actors Academy in 1971. He is also the founder of the Labdater Theatre in the Globe cultural centre. Employment *1971: Debrecen Csokonai Theat ...

as József Simon *

Hédi Temessy Hédi Temessy (Hedvig Temesi; 6 May 1925 – 29 May 2001) was a Hungarian actress. Active for over 50 years, she appeared on stage, in films, and on television. Her significant roles include playing Márta in Gergely Csiky's ''The Grandmother' ...

as Mrs. Halmos, née Mária Roska *

Zita Perczel Zita Perczel (26 April 1918 – 4 April 1996) was a Hungarian actress An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional med ...

as Mrs. Szántó, née Erzsébet Roska, Mária's sister *

Maria Gladkowska Maria may refer to: People * Mary, mother of Jesus * Maria (given name), a popular given name in many languages Place names Extraterrestrial *170 Maria, a Main belt S-type asteroid discovered in 1877 *Lunar maria (plural of ''mare''), large, da ...

as Cecília, Mária's daughter *

Mari Kiss Mari may refer to: Places *Mari, Paraíba, Brazil, a city * Mari, Cyprus, a village *Mari, Greece, a village, site of ancient town of Marius * Mari, Iran (disambiguation), places in Iran * Mari, Punjab, a village and a union council in Pakistan ...

as Cecília (voice) *

Ferenc Bács Ferenc () is a given name of Hungarian origin. It is a cognate of Francis, Francisco, Francesco, François, Frank and Franz. People with the name include: * Ferenc Batthyány (1497–1566), Hungarian magnate and general * Ferenc Bene (1944–20 ...

as Előd Kowarski gangster boos * Péter Blaskó as Lt. Siska *

Marianna Moór Marianna Moór (born 5 February 1943 in Budapest) is a Hungarian actress. Her first husband was Sándor Sára. Her second marriage was to a veterinarian named Aladár. Selected filmography * '' Sodrásban'' (1964) * '' Voyage with Jacob'' (19 ...

as Mrs. Kowarski * Vera Pap as Kati * László Szabó as Capt. Kovács *

Dorottya Udvaros Dorottya Udvaros (born 4 August 1954) is a Hungarian actress. She has appeared in more than 60 films and television shows since 1976. She won the award for Best Actress at the 15th Moscow International Film Festival for her role in ''Love, Moth ...

as Ági the

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* Frigyes Hollósi as colleague of Lt. Siska *

János Katona János is a masculine Hungarian given name. It originates from the Hebrew name Johanan and is thus a variant of the English name John. People Notable people with the name include: * János Aczél (mathematician) (1924–2020), Hungarian-Ca ...

as Det. Gyetvai *

Tibor Kristóf Tibor Kristóf (20 February 1942 – 2 September 2009) was a Hungarian actor. Biography Besides his own career in Hungarian films and television, Kristóf provided the Hungarian-language voices of many prominent English-speaking Hollywood act ...

as colleague of Lt. Siska *

Dénes Ujlaky Dénes is a Hungarian male given name, the equivalent of Denis in English and can sometimes stand for or replace the feminine version of Den(n)is, namely ''Denise''. As with many given names, it also transitioned into a surname in the Middle Ages. N ...

as garagemaster

References

External links

* 1982 films 1980s Hungarian-language films 1982 crime films Films directed by Ferenc András Hungarian crime films {{1980s-crime-film-stub