Overview
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.
Cast
- Mihály Kovács as Petőfi Sándor
- Kata Kánya as Damjanich
- Zoltán Fábián as Dembinszky
- Nóra Kovács as Szendrey Júlia
- Can Togay as Kossuth Lajos
- Tibor Csizmadia as Vasvári Pál
- Csaba Oszkay as Madarász László
- Attila Kőhalmi as Jókai
- Miklós Donik as Orlay Petrik Soma
- Péter Sváda as Bem