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Knight of the TV-screen(1970)
Status: Released
Date: 1970-01-04
95%
2 Votes
Overview:
This mocking criticism of public life and the media focuses on a TV series. The protagonist of the film, depicting the battles fought for Hungarian castles during the Ottoman occupation, is chosen to be the amateur Prohászka Feri, a worker in the beer-factory.
Languages: Hungarian.
Countries:
Hungary
Movie: Knight of the TV-screen
Top 10 Billed Cast
Koncz Gábor
Prohászka Feri / Gyula vitéz
Kállai Ferenc
Bodó, főszerkesztő
Lajos Őze
Lukács Péter, rendező
Éva Almási
Annuska, Gál felesége
Annamária Szilvássy
Bodó Klári
Szilvia Sunyovszky
Vali, színésznő
Béla Both
összeesküvő magyar úr
István Egri
Dr. Kass
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Overview
This mocking criticism of public life and the media focuses on a TV series. The protagonist of the film, depicting the battles fought for Hungarian castles during the Ottoman occupation, is chosen to be the amateur Prohászka Feri, a worker in the beer-factory.
Release Date
1970-01-04
Average
9.5
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