Directed by:
Péter BacsóCinematography:
Tamás AndorComposer:
György VukánCast:
Ferenc Kállai, György Cserhalmi, József Czintos, Anna Fehér, Kati Lázár, Gyula Bodrogi, László Szacsvay, Gyula Benkő, Károly Bicskei, Béla Both, József Császár (more)Plots(1)
Pelikán is retired. He spends his days peacefully by attending to his garden and fishing. Suddenly he sees coffins floating on the Danube, and from that point on his life is turned upside down again. Hee has been selected by the infinitely ambitious entrepreneur in the neighbourhood to be his tool for his grand political plans. His enemy, the peg-top factory owner, stars a counterattack also based on Pelikáns clean political record. Malvin, Pelikáns wife who ran away long ago, appears on the scene. The son of Comrade Virág forces Pelikán, who has to escape, to go underground. His only faithful employee, Hédike, helps him get free, but their pursuers catch up with him and throw him into the Danube. Count Gyula, his one time prison-mate, draws him out of the water. Once again nobody is concerned about the water-level of the Danube so Pelikan returns to the dam with heroic simplicity. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Ferenc Kállai
Kingdom of Hungary
Best movies:
Werckmeister Harmonies (2000)
The Witness (1969)
6:3 (1999)
György Cserhalmi
Hungary
Best movies:
The Fifth Seal (1976)
Narcissus and Psyche (1980)
Paths of Light (2005)
József Czintos
Romania
Best movies:
Paths of Light (2005)
Anna Fehér
Hungary
Kati Lázár
Romania
Best movies:
Twilight (1990)
Aglaya (2012)
Eskimo Woman Feels Cold (1984)
Gyula Bodrogi
Kingdom of Hungary
Best movies:
Vuk: The Little Fox (1981)
Glass Tiger 2 (2006)
Cantata (1963)
László Szacsvay
Hungary
Best movies:
Perlasca: The Courage of a Just Man (2002) (TV movie)
Nobody's Daughter (1976)
Oh, Bloody Life (1984)
Gyula Benkő
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Last Nabob (1966)
Two Half-Times in Hell (1961)
The Fortress (1979)
Károly Bicskei
Hungary
Best movies:
Somewhere in Europe (1948)
The Witness (1969)
Oh, Bloody Life (1984)
Béla Both
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Witness (1969)
Oh, Bloody Life (1984)
Olivér Csendes
Best movies:
Perlasca: The Courage of a Just Man (2002) (TV movie)
Long Dusk (1997)
Imre Csiszár
Hungary
Géza Kaszás
Hungary
Best movies:
Série noire (1984) (series)
Made in Hungaria (2009)
Gábor Piroch
Hungary
Best movies:
The Fortress (1979)
Don't Panic, Please! (1982)
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1992) (series)
Róbert Prokopp
Hungary
Tamás Fodor
Kingdom of Hungary
Best movies:
Sunshine (1999)
6:3 (1999)
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