Knight of the TV-screen
Jan 04 1970
•Comedy
This mocking criticism of public life and the media focuses on a TV series. The protagonist of the film, depicting the battles fought for Hungarian castles during the Ottoman occupation, is chosen to be the amateur Prohászka Feri, a worker in the beer-factory.
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Gábor Koncz
Prohászka Feri / Gyula vitéz
Ferenc Kállai
Bodó, főszerkesztő
Lajos Őze
Lukács Péter, rendező
Éva Almási
Annuska, Gál felesége
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