The Fifth Seal

The Fifth Seal
Directed by Zoltán Fábri
Written by Zoltán Fábri
Ferenc Sánta
Starring Lajos Őze
László Márkus
Zoltán Latinovits
Music by György Vukán
Cinematography György Illés
Edited by Ferencné Szécsényi
Release date
  • 7 October 1976 (1976-10-07)
Running time
 111 minutes
Country Hungary
Language Hungarian

The Fifth Seal (Hungarian: Az ötödik pecsét) is a 1976 film by Hungarian director Zoltán Fábri based on a novel of the same name by Hungarian author Ferenc Sánta. It won the Golden Prize at the 10th Moscow International Film Festival[1] and it was entered into the 27th Berlin International Film Festival.[2] The film was also selected as the Hungarian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 49th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.[3]

Cast

  • Lajos Őze - Miklós Gyuricza (Gyuricza Miklós)
  • László Márkus - László Király (Király László)
  • Ferenc Bencze - Béla
  • Sándor Horváth - János Kovács (Kovács János)
  • István Dégi - Károly Keszei (Keszei Károly)
  • Zoltán Latinovits - civvies
  • Gábor Nagy - the blonde one
  • György Bánffy - the high one
  • József Vándor - Macák
  • Noémi Apor - Mrs Kovács (Kovácsné)
  • Ildikó Pécsi - Irén
  • Marianna Moór - Lucy (as Moór Mariann)
  • Rita Békés - Erzsi
  • György Cserhalmi - dying communist
  • Gábor Kiss - Guard
  • Gabriella Kiss - Gyuricza's daughter

See also

References

  1. ↑ "10th Moscow International Film Festival (1977)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 2013-01-16. Retrieved 2013-01-13.
  2. ↑ "IMDB.com: Awards for The Fifth Seal". imdb.com. Retrieved 2010-07-19.
  3. ↑ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
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