Pista Dankó

Pista Dankó

1941 · 95 min · ★ 7.5 · Drama, Romance

Pista Dankó falls in love with Ilonka Jáky, the beautiful blonde lady, so his old love, Rózsi, the wild gypsy girl, puts a curse on him. Ilonka elopes with Pista and they marry. They live in difficult circumstances, but Lajos Pósa takes up the talented young man. Pista wants to recover his legendary violin, which has fallen into the possession of a Russian prince, so he goes on a tour of Russia. Here he meets Rózsi, who has become a famous dancer and now has a hold on him too. Meanwhile, Pista falls ill and returns home to die. In his last hours, a package arrives from Rosie. He plays his last song with the returned violin.

Directed by László Kalmár · Written by László Bihari

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Pál Jávor Dankó Pista
Erzsi Simor Jáky Ilonka
Margit Lukács Rózsi
Sándor Tompa Kukac
Kálmán Rózsahegyi Marci bácsi
Béla Mihályffi Ilonka apja
Juliska Ligeti Juliska Ligeti
Juliska Ligeti Ilonka anyja
Zoltán Szakáts Bandi,az udvarló
György Kürthy Rózsa Lajos
György Solthy Vladimír nagyherceg
Géza Földessy Vladimír segédttisztje

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