Stars of Eger (1968 film)

Stars of Eger
Directed by	Zoltán Várkonyi
Produced by	András Németh
Written by	Géza Gárdonyi (novel) István Nemeskürty
Starring	Imre Sinkovits György Bárdy István Kovács Tibor Bitskey
Music by	Ferenc Farkas
Cinematography	Ferenc Szécsényi
Edited by	Ferencné Szécsényi
Production company	Mafilm
Release dates	19 December 1968
Running time	157 minutes
Country	Hungary
Language	Hungarian

Stars of Eger (Hungarian:Egri csillagok) is a 1968 Hungarian historical film directed by Zoltán Várkonyi and starring Imre Sinkovits, György Bárdy and István Kovács. It is an adaptation of the 1899 novel Eclipse of the Crescent Moon by Géza Gárdonyi. An earlier silent film adaptation, Stars of Eger, was made in 1923.

Partial cast

• Imre Sinkovits - István Dobó
• György Bárdy - Jumurdzsák
• István Kovács - Gergely Bornemissza
• Tibor Bitskey - Mekcsey István
• Gábor Agárdy - Sárközy
• Vera Venczel - Éva Cecey
• Éva Ruttkai - Queen Izabella
• Hilda Gobbi - Baloghné
• Vera Szemere - Ceceyné
• Péter Benkő - János Török
• Rudolf Somogyvári - István Hegedûs
• Gyula Benkő - Veli bég
• László Tahi Tóth - Kobzos Ádám
• Géza Tordy - Miklós
• Tamás Major - Sultan Suleiman I
• Gábor Mádi Szabó - Cecey
• Zoltán Latinovits - Imre Varsányi
• Gábor Koncz - János
• Samu Balázs - Bishop
• Géza Polgár - Bojki Tamás
• Antal Farkas - Debrõi, innkeeper
• József Fonyó - Emperor Ferdinand's interpreter
• László György - Woodsmith
• József Horváth - Sukán
• László Inke - Turkish leader
• György Korga - Bornemissza Jancsika
• Tibor Molnár - Friar Márton
• Lajos Pándy - Fügedy
• János Rajz - Friar
• Levente Sipeki - Fürjes Ádám
• Nándor Tomanek - Preacher
• István Velenczei - Father György
• Ferenc Zenthe - Josef, the German mercenary
• László Bánhidi - Jumurdzsák's prisoner
• Ferenc Bessenyei - Bálint Török
• Péter Blaskó - Hungarian soldier
• András Kern - Cook
• Zoltán Várkonyi - Emperor Ferdinand I

External links

• Stars of Eger at the Internet Movie Database