The read
It runs a compact 1h 22m.
Synopsis
After the breakup of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, a young Hungarian, wanted by the police for political crimes, escapes to just this side of the Austrian border. When he discovers that his escape contact has been shot, he disguises himself as a woman and, posing as a maid, takes refuge at a tuberculosis sanatorium. He lives there as a woman for the entire winter before resuming his journey in the spring.
Ratings
IMDb7.4/10
4 audience votes
Key crew
- Pál SándorScreenplay
- Zsuzsa TóthScreenplay
- Pál SándorDirector
- Zdenkó TamássyOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Endre HolmannGalambos Sarolta / Kövesi János (as Holman Endre)
- Dajka MargitÖreg primadonna
- Szabó SándorWallach doktor
- Erzsébet KútvölgyiZsófi nõvér
- Dezső GarasReményi / Glück úr / Fényképész
- Carla RomanelliOlasz nő
- Mária LázárFüsthajú nő
- Irma PatkósKegyelmes Asszony
- András KernÁcs István
- György SimonLajos bácsi
- Márk ZalaKülönítményes tiszt
- Györgyi TarjánReményi Margitka