Directed by:
György PalásthyCinematography:
Barnabás HegyiCast:
Gábor Agárdi, István Avar, Dezső Garas, István Szatmári, Imre Sinkovits, Ferenc Bessenyei, Manyi Kiss, István Sztankay, Rita Békés, Zoltán Makláry (more)Plots(1)
After 40 years in service, Tóth Mihály retires as a night-watch at a wood-yard. It is his last day at work, and while he is dreaming about a festive farewell party in honour of him, the wood-yard gets destroyed in a fire. The celebration is cancelled, of course, the damage is HUF 1.5 million, an enormous amount of money. As a miraculous luck would have it, the day after Tóth wins the jackpot on the lottery, and the money is just as much as the amount of the damage. When he wants to settle his debt, he ends up in a neurological ward of a clinic. The diagnosis of his chronic disease is an incorrigible honesty for which no cure is known. At last, Tóth pretends to commit a suicide, leaves his money to the state, and withdraws into a cave, far away from the Pharisaic society. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Gábor Agárdi
Kingdom of Hungary
Best movies:
Mattie, the Goose-Boy (1977)
The Last Nabob (1966)
The Round-Up (1966)
István Avar
Kingdom of Hungary
Best movies:
The Round-Up (1966)
Cantata (1963)
Recovery (1974)
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)
István Szatmári
Kingdom of Hungary
Best movies:
Cat City (1986)
Oh, Bloody Life (1984)
Imre Sinkovits
Kingdom of Hungary
Best movies:
Two Half-Times in Hell (1961)
The Lost Talisman (1968)
The Lost Talisman (1968)
Ferenc Bessenyei
Hungary
Best movies:
The Last Nabob (1966)
The Lost Talisman (1968)
The Lost Talisman (1968)
Manyi Kiss
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Merry-Go-Round (1956)
Professor Hannibal (1956)
István Sztankay
Kingdom of Hungary
Best movies:
Twenty Hours (1965)
Játszani kell (1984)
Rita Békés
Kingdom of Hungary
Best movies:
The Fifth Seal (1976)
The Lost Talisman (1968)
Father (1966)
Zoltán Makláry
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Last Nabob (1966)
Merry-Go-Round (1956)
Germinal (1963)
László Márkus
Kingdom of Hungary
Best movies:
The Fifth Seal (1976)
The Last Nabob (1966)
Two Half-Times in Hell (1961)
József Vándor
Kingdom of Hungary
Best movies:
The Fifth Seal (1976)
Anna (1958)
Bálint Fábián Meets God (1980)
Sándor Peti
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Merry-Go-Round (1956)
The Man with the Golden Touch (1962)
A Half Pint of Beer (1955)