Dead or Alive

Dead or Alive

1980 · 80 min · ★ 5.0 · Adventure

1852. Gáspár Noszlopy escapes from prison in order to capture the emperor, who is to visit Hungary, with his companions and force him to sign the Declaration of Independence. He is only able to find four fanatic men, as his one-time soldiers have already accepted the established order as unalterable, each of them having found a satisfactory way of life and unwilling to undertake a suicidal experiment.

Directed by Tamás Rényi · Written by Péter Zimre

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Lajos Balázsovits Noszlopy Gáspár, Kossuth egykori kormánybiztosa
György Cserhalmi Hafra, a néma
Dezső Garas
Géza Tordy
Károly Mécs
Djoko Rosic

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