There Was Once a Family
Apr 20 1972
•1h 21m
•Comedy
This film describes the narrator's childhood, the years before and after the Hungarian Soviet Republic, in a burlesque and fabulous style and with the humour of a child's fantasy.
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Éva Ruttkai
Liza
Zoltán Latinovits
Géza
Dajka Margit
Anna néni
Béla Ernyei
Jancsi
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