There Was Once a Family

1972

1h 21m

7.5(2 votes)

Comedy

Overview

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

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Zoltán Latinovits

Géza

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Dajka Margit

Anna néni

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Béla Ernyei

Jancsi

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Mari Törőcsik

Erzsi néni

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Ferenc Kállai

Viktor bácsi

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Attila Ruttkay

Gabi

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Gábor Losonci

Gyuri

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Klári Tolnay

Bujták grófnõ

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Tamás Major

Kulkai házmester

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Imre Sinkovits

Rendõr

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Zoltán Greguss

Khünrfeld gyáros

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Éva Schubert

Debrõi Lilienthal kisasszony

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Márta Bakó

Kulkainé

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Ferenc Baracsi

Detektív

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Rita Békés

Kamarásné

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Márta Fekete

Unknown Role

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Kornél Gelley

állomásfõnök

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Árpád Gyenge

Kalauz

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Gyula Horváth

Szakállas utas

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László Hável

Rumschlik londíner

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Róbert Koltai

Detektív

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János Kovács

A nemzeti hadsereg tisztje

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László Kozák

Weiskopf

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Márta Martin

Cselédlány a mesében

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Attila Nagy

Tábori püspök

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István Nagy

Bailiff

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Ferenc Némethy

Kamarás mérnök

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Gyula Piroth

Unknown Role

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Ildikó Pádua

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Mária Rákosi

Parasztasszony

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Ottó Szabó

Unknown Role

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László Szacsvay

Kántor Jani, a betörõ

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Nándor Tomanek

A nemzeti hadsereg tisztje

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Árpád Téry

Soproni polgár

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István Velenczei

Szállodaportás

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Iván Verebély

Unknown Role

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Teréz Várhegyi

Juliska

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