Stars of Eger

Aug 12, 1968

2h 25m

★ 7.2

Overview

This romantic and grandiose historical film depicts the era of the constant incursions and heroic battles fought by the defenders of the castle of Eger, led by captain István Dobó, against the heavy odds of superior numbers through the lives and love of Bornemissza Gergely and Cecey Éva. Gergely is inaugurated as a fighter already at the age of 7, when he escapes the captivity of the half-eyed Turk, Jumurdzsak, with Vica and the war-booty. In thirty years' time he becomes the first assistant of captain Dobó and the brain of the castle in the defence of Eger.

Genres

War

History

Romance

Adventure

Production Companies

Mafilm

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Cast

Dobó István

Imre Sinkovits

Jumurdzsák

György Bárdy

Bornemissza Gergely

Kovács István

Mekcsey István

Tibor Bitskey

Sárközy

Gábor Agárdy

Cecey Éva

Venczel Vera

Izabella királynő

Éva Ruttkai

Baloghné

Hilda Gobbi

Ceceyné

Szemere Vera

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