Using high-school students, Hungarian director Ferenc Kardos re-created the 1848 revolutionary period in that country's history which was dominated by the poet/soldier Sandor Petofi (1822-1849). Petofi wrote many epic poems which inspired Hungarian nationalism, the most well-known of which is Up Magyar! The students were encouraged to improvise without costumes or scenery, and did so with gusto.


Petőfi '73 (1973)
06/16/1973 (HU)
01h 10m
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Mihály Kovács
Petőfi Sándor

Kata Kánya
Damjanich
ZF
Zoltán Fábián
Dembinszky
NK
Nóra Kovács
Szendrey Júlia

Can Togay
Kossuth Lajos
TC
Tibor Csizmadia
Vasvári Pál
CO
Csaba Oszkay
Madarász László
AK
Attila Kőhalmi
Jókai
MD
Miklós Donik
Orlay Petrik Soma