New Gilgames (1963)
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.
- Released
- 1963-03-02
- Genres
- Drama
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Mihály Szemes, Ida András, József Solymár
- TMDB rating
- 8.0/10 from 1 votes
Cast
- Iván Darvas as Dávid
- Edit Domján as Lilla
- Sándor Pécsi as doktor Aradi
- Szilvia Dallos as Margin Sister
- Gyula Gózon as Uncle Szoboszlai
- Erzsébet Házy as Klári
- Ferenc Kiss as Chief physician
- Imre Sinkovits as Chief Engineer
- János Rajz as Jani Nyíri
- Oszkár Ascher as Jóna
- Ernö Szabó as Sonneborn, bookseller
- Zoltán Basilides