Plots(1)
The story recalling the spirit of Gilgamesh, the Sumerian king quarrelling with his approaching death, takes place in a cancer hospital in Budapest. Dávid, the young ethnography scientist resigned to his lot and is indifferent to his approaching death. His specialist reckons, however, that such a searching and stubborn mind with thorough knowledge of the nature of his own illness, will be able to fight death. With the doctor's sincere and humane guidance, Dávid rediscovers the joys of life: the taste of fruits, the beauty of work, and in the person of Lilla, his fellow sufferer, he finds love, too. The woman leaves the hospital recovered. Dávid is looking forward to meeting her again, and he is determined to continue his fight. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Iván Darvas
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Last Nabob (1966)
Cold Days (1966)
Love (1971)
Sándor Pécsi
Kingdom of Hungary
Best movies:
The Boys of Paul Street (1969)
St. Peter's Umbrella (1958)
Germinal (1963)
János Koltai
Kingdom of Hungary
Best movies:
Two Half-Times in Hell (1961)
My Way Home (1965)
The Round-Up (1966)
Zoltán Basilides
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Round-Up (1966)
The Man with the Golden Touch (1962)
Germinal (1963)
Imre Sinkovits
Kingdom of Hungary
Best movies:
Two Half-Times in Hell (1961)
The Lost Talisman (1968)
The Lost Talisman (1968)
Gyula Gózon
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Men and Banners (1965)
Tibor Haraszin
Kingdom of Hungary
Best movies:
My Way Home (1965)
Oh, Bloody Life (1984)
The Danube Pilot (1974)
János Rajz
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Two Half-Times in Hell (1961)
The Lost Talisman (1968)
St. Peter's Umbrella (1958)