New Gilgames

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

March 2, 1963

Original language

English

Spoken languages

Hungarian

Countries

Hungary

Production

Hunnia Filmstúdió

Cast

Imre Sinkovits,Éva Kelemen,Sándor Pécsi,István Prókai,Erzsébet Házy,János Rajz,Ferenc Kiss,Zoltán Basilides,Oszkár Ascher,Mária Keresztessyand 14 more

Director

Mihály Szemes

Writer

József Solymár,Ida András

Cinematography

Barnabás Hegyi

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0057727