Stars of Eger
This romantic and grandiose historical film depicts the era of the constant incursions and heroic battles fought by the defenders of the castle of Eger, led by captain István Dobó, against the heavy odds of superior numbers through the lives and love of Bornemissza Gergely and Cecey Éva. Gergely is inaugurated as a fighter already at the age of 7, when he escapes the captivity of the half-eyed Turk, Jumurdzsak, with Vica and the war-booty. In thirty years' time he becomes the first assistant of captain Dobó and the brain of the castle in the defence of Eger.
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Stars of Eger is a 1968 Hungarian-Bulgarian historical film directed by Zoltán Várkonyi and starring Imre Sinkovits, György Bárdy and István Kovács.It is an adaptation of the 1899 novel Eclipse of the Crescent Moon by Géza Gárdonyi. An earlier silent film adaptation, Stars of Eger, was made in 1923. "Stars of Eger" is a direct translation of the original Hungarian title of the novel.This film depicts the heroic defense of the castle of Eger by Hungarian soldiers against the invading Turkish Empire. The story follows the lives and struggles of characters like István Dobó and Gergely Bornemissza as they fight to protect their homeland from overwhelming odds.
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- Director
- Zoltán Várkonyi
- Starring
- Imre Sinkovits, György Bárdy, Kovács István, Tibor Bitskey, Gábor Agárdy, Venczel Vera, Éva Ruttkai, Hilda Gobbi
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