György Palásthy

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György Palásthy

Born January 12, 1931 · Esztergom, Hungary

Died April 16, 2012 · aged 81

György Palásthy ( Esztergom , January 12 , 1931 – Budapest , April 16, 2012 ) Hungarian film director and screenwriter, winner of the Béla Balázs Prize . His parents were Sándor Palásthy and Anna Blahovics. He was studying electrical engineering when he won a literary competition at the age of 16. In 1950, he was admitted to the Academy of Theater and Film Arts , where he graduated in 1954 with a…

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A Harum-Scarum FamilyA Harum-Scarum Family · 1981
A Harum-Scarum Family
6.81981
MovieFamilyComedy
The intellectual family Faragó lives a bit busy life, but ensures complete autonomy for its members in a tiny flat in Budapest, while the newly rich Belvizis in the neighbourhood have a luxury apartment and a conventional and purposeful life, sentencing their only daughter for solitude.
Giddy VacationsGiddy Vacations · 1987
Giddy Vacations
8.01987
MovieAdventureComedy
A family of boisterous children expect their father to organize a really exciting holiday. So when the chance comes up of spending it on a boat, the Ramona, it seems that the problem is solved.
Junior Jr. ComesJunior Jr. Comes · 1972
Junior Jr. Comes
8.01972
MovieComedy
Öcsi is going to have a little brother. The little child is sulking, he is deeply hurt because he learns the great secret not from his parents but his best friend, Évike.
Vacations on the Dead StreetVacations on the Dead Street · 1978
Vacations on the Dead Street
9.51978
MovieAdventureFamily
A group of children are spending their summer in the newly built district which doesn't have any attractions...
Faithful for NothingFaithful for Nothing · 1966
Faithful for Nothing
8.01966
MovieComedy
Eve, the old professor zsongják beautiful wife surrounded by colleagues. When the professor's going away for a conference abroad, intensifying the suitors attempts. Eve, however faithful to her husband, so that the denials are increasing. Oddly enough, the rejected accidents ...
That Lovely Green GrassThat Lovely Green Grass · 1979
That Lovely Green Grass
7.71979
MovieAdventureFamily
Misu is spending his summer holiday in an old block of flats in Budapest. The caretaker of the house, Poldi, a park attendant by occupation, is going to retire in a few days and he is afraid to think ahead of the years to come without grass and trees. An idea comes to Misu to spend the summer in an active way. He organises a working party to sod the inner court of the block of flats they live in. To achieve his plan, he has to make alliances with some people and to win the opponent to the idea, namely Kamilla, an insurance consultant. Their assistants in this mission will be the dustman and the coal deliverer and Piroska, a girl spending her holyday at Kamilla's.
S.O.S. Szobafogság!S.O.S. Szobafogság! · 1987
S.O.S. Szobafogság!
7.01987
MovieDramaFamily
The WizardThe Wizard · 1969
The Wizard
7.01969
MovieFamilyFantasy
Amazing adventures of a little boy and his friend, the great wizard Chili Chala.

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Másfél millióMásfél millió · 1964
Másfél millió
10.01964
MovieComedy
Mihai Toth worked for forty years as a watchman in a timber warehouse. On his last watch, there was a fire: the warehouse burned to the ground. The damage amounted to one and a half million forints. It was a terrible blow to Mihai, who had worked honestly all his life. Suddenly it turns out that Mihai has won one and a half million forints in a lottery. Wanting to save his good name, he wants to deposit this sum in the state treasury. But it turned out to be not so easy: the cause of the fire has not been established and Mihai's guilt has not been proved. That's why nobody had the right to take money from him. For a long time Mihai wandered from one institution to another with a request to accept money from him, but everything was in vain. Then the old man tried a trick...

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