Directed by:
György PalásthyScreenplay:
Géza PáskándiCinematography:
László SeregiComposer:
Máté HollósCast:
Péter Haumann, Ildikó Bánsági, Pál Mácsai, Ottó Viczián, Imre Józsa, Zsolt Deréki, Judit Novák, György Bárdy, Zoltán Barabás Kiss, Anna Götz, Gyula Horváth (more)Plots(1)
Buda, 1851. Jeromos Hétszáz, a puppet maker living in Óbuda, and his wife, Óguszta, a childless couple, have given refuge to the orphans of those fallen in the war of liberty or jailed, most recently to Pál Penyige and Borbála Derelye. Overjoyed when the chief of police orders fifty straw puppets, they are distressed on learning that the puppets will be publicly hanged in effigy of Lajos Kossuth and the leaders of the war of liberty. All the actions Jeromos and his wife engage in fail to upset the evil plan, but, helped by the puppets, Pál and Borbála get to Strawland, and the voluntary straw army arrives to prevent the shameful hanging in a self-sacrificing manner. (MNFA)
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Péter Haumann
Kingdom of Hungary
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Ildikó Bánsági
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Pál Mácsai
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Ottó Viczián
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Imre Józsa
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György Bárdy
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Zoltán Barabás Kiss
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Anna Götz
Hungary
Gyula Horváth
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Tibor Kenderesi
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Ödön Rubold
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István Szilágyi
Kingdom of Hungary
Zoltán Varga
Hungary
Imre Sinkovits (narrator)
Kingdom of Hungary
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