''Magyar vándor'' (English: ''The Hungarian Strayer'' or ''Hungarian Vagabond'') is a 2004
Hungarian action comedy film
The action comedy is a film genre that applies to action films where humor plays a much more central role. While early films feature stuntwork and humor, academic Cynthia King wrote that the genre only came into its own as a mainstay of the Americ ...
directed by
Gábor Herendi and starring
Károly Gesztesi
Károly Gesztesi (born Károly Tóth; 16 April 1963 – 4 January 2020) was a Hungarian actor. He was also known as voice actor, in particular for providing the Hungarian dubbing of Shrek (character), Shrek from the Shrek, movie of the same name ...
,
János Gyuriska and
Gyula Bodrogi
Gyula Bodrogi (born 15 April 1934) is a Hungarian television and film actor.
Selected filmography
* ''Sleepless Years'' (1959)
* ''Young Noszty and Mary Toth'' (1960)
* ''Cantata'' (1963)
* ''Twenty Hours'' (1965)
* '' Three Nights of Love'' ...
. The plot contains elements of time travel fiction.
Plot
The seven leaders of the Hungarians wake up after a very hard party in Etelköz. Then they realise that their beloved Hungarians are gone without them to conquest... In this exciting movie the leaders have to find the new home, and their people as well. During their migration they live through the history of Hungary, both the comic and tragicomic episodes, but instead of forests and castles, they occupy inns and hotels, and they are fighting with harem girls instead of Mongols or Tatars. And the big battle is not with weapons and guns, but on a soccer field, with a football and two teams...
Cast
*
Károly Gesztesi
Károly Gesztesi (born Károly Tóth; 16 April 1963 – 4 January 2020) was a Hungarian actor. He was also known as voice actor, in particular for providing the Hungarian dubbing of Shrek (character), Shrek from the Shrek, movie of the same name ...
... Álmos
* János Gyuriska ... Előd
* János Greifenstein ... Ond
* Zoltán Seress ... Kond
* Győző Szabó ... Tas
* Tibor Szervét ... Huba
* István Hajdú ... Töhötöm
*
Gyula Bodrogi
Gyula Bodrogi (born 15 April 1934) is a Hungarian television and film actor.
Selected filmography
* ''Sleepless Years'' (1959)
* ''Young Noszty and Mary Toth'' (1960)
* ''Cantata'' (1963)
* ''Twenty Hours'' (1965)
* '' Three Nights of Love'' ...
... General Wienerschnitzz
* János Gálvölgyi ... Turkish Pasha
* László Fekete ... Toldi Miklós
* András Hajós ... Singer
Reception
The film was the most successful at the Hungarian box office in 2004-2005.
References
External links
*
2004 films
2004 action comedy films
2000s Hungarian-language films
Hungarian comedy films
Films directed by Gábor Herendi
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