Directed by:
Péter BacsóScreenplay:
Péter BacsóCinematography:
János ZsombolyaiComposer:
György VukánCast:
Tamás Major, Ferenc Kállai, László Helyey, Ildikó Bánsági, Judit Hernádi, Dezső Garas, József Horváth, Annamária Szilvássy, Marianna Moór, Hédi Temessy, László Sinkó, Lajos Őze, János Boros (more)Plots(1)
This absurd story, bordering on the drawing-room comedy, portrays the practices of abusing power and the insolence of bureaucracy through the revolting of a young designer-engineer of the Railway Tilting Examination Board. The ambitious Pócsik works persevearingly on how to compensate for the tilting of railway carriages in bends. His jealous bosses, however, use their best efforts to block the development of an innovation. When even his study-trip to Britain is torpedoed, the so far exceedingly patient young giant decides to let his red beard grow glowing-blowing. He argues for the adequacy of his looks by referring to the example of many a great men of Hungarian history. The issue of his beard is soon a matter of discussion in ministries and later at a court of law. At the hearing, the corrupt and bureaucratic attitude of leaders is revealed. Pócsik's long lost love, Keksz turns up as one of the witnesses to the case. He forgives everybody, and has his beard cut off at the first imploring words of his beloved. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Tamás Major
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Last Nabob (1966)
Mephisto (1981)
Cold Days (1966)
Ferenc Kállai
Kingdom of Hungary
Best movies:
Werckmeister Harmonies (2000)
The Witness (1969)
6:3 (1999)
László Helyey
Hungary
Best movies:
The Fortress (1979)
We Never Die (1993)
The Turkish Spear (1973)
Ildikó Bánsági
Hungary
Best movies:
Mephisto (1981)
Diary for My Loves (1987)
Hanussen (1988)
Judit Hernádi
Hungary
Best movies:
Mephisto (1981)
The Fortress (1979)
Another Way (1982)
Dezső Garas
Kingdom of Hungary
Best movies:
Narcissus and Psyche (1980)
Perlasca: The Courage of a Just Man (2002) (TV movie)
Two Half-Times in Hell (1961)
József Horváth
Kingdom of Hungary
Best movies:
The Witness (1969)
Two Half-Times in Hell (1961)
The Round-Up (1966)
Annamária Szilvássy
Kingdom of Hungary
Best movies:
We Never Die (1993)
Marianna Moór
Kingdom of Hungary
Best movies:
The Fifth Seal (1976)
Nobody's Daughter (1976)
Twisting (1964)
Hédi Temessy
Kingdom of Hungary
Best movies:
Mephisto (1981)
Damnation (1988)
Almanac of Fall (1985)
László Sinkó
Kingdom of Hungary
Best movies:
Diary for My Loves (1987)
Cat City (1986)
Happy Birthday! (2003)
Lajos Őze
Kingdom of Hungary
Best movies:
The Fifth Seal (1976)
The Witness (1969)
My Way Home (1965)
János Boros
Kingdom of Hungary
Best movies:
Adoption (1975)
Antal Leisen
Hungary
Best movies:
The Enchanted Dollars (1986)
Mesmer (1994)
The Confrontation (1969)
Ferenc Deák B.
Kingdom of Hungary
Best movies:
The Danube Pilot (1974)
The Confrontation (1969)
Georgette Mertzhradt
Best movies:
The Witness (1969)
Catsplay (1974)
The Toth Family (1969)
Károly Vogt
Hungary
Best movies:
Oh, Bloody Life (1984)
The Vulture (1982)
Football of the Good Old Days (1973)
Anna Nagy
Kingdom of Hungary
Best movies:
Nobody's Daughter (1976)
Father (1966)
Ten Thousand Suns (1967)
Antal Konrád
Kingdom of Hungary
Best movies:
Angi Vera (1979)
Lajos Cs. Németh
Kingdom of Hungary
Best movies:
The Corporal and Others (1965)
The Danube Pilot (1974)
Unburied Man, The (2004)