New Gilgames

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.

Country:

Hungary

Genre:

Drama

Duration:

94 minutes

Year:

1963

Director:

Mihály Szemes

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Company:

Hunnia Filmstúdió

Cast:
Iván Darvas

Dávid

Edit Domján

Lilla

Sándor Pécsi

doktor Aradi

Szilvia Dallos

Margin Sister

Gyula Gózon

Uncle Szoboszlai

Crew:
Mihály Szemes

Director

Ida András

Screenplay

József Solymár

Screenplay

Emil Petrovics

Music

Barnabás Hegyi

Director of Photography