Stars of Eger (1968 film)

Stars of Eger (Hungarian:Egri csillagok) is a 1968 Hungarian 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.

Partial cast

Imre Sinkovits - István Dobó

György Bárdy - Jumurdzsák

István Kovács - Gergely Bornemissza

Tibor Bitskey - Mekcsey István

Gábor Agárdy - Sárközy

Vera Venczel - Éva Cecey

Éva Ruttkai - Queen Isabella Jagiellon

Hilda Gobbi - Baloghné

Vera Szemere - Ceceyné

Péter Benkő - János Török

Rudolf Somogyvári - István Hegedûs

Gyula Benkő - Veli bég

László Tahi Tóth - Kobzos Ádám

Géza Tordy - Miklós

Tamás Major - Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent

Gábor Mádi Szabó - Cecey

Zoltán Latinovits - Imre Varsányi

Gábor Koncz - János

Samu Balázs - Bishop

Géza Polgár - Bojki Tamás

Antal Farkas - Debrõi, innkeeper

József Fonyó - Emperor Ferdinand's interpreter

László György - Woodsmith

József Horváth - Sukán

László Inke - Turkish leader

György Korga - Bornemissza Jancsika

Tibor Molnár - Friar Márton

Lajos Pándy - Fügedy

János Rajz - Friar

Levente Sipeki - Fürjes Ádám

Nándor Tomanek - Preacher

István Velenczei - Father György

Ferenc Zenthe - Josef, the German mercenary

László Bánhidi - Jumurdzsák's prisoner

Ferenc Bessenyei - Bálint Török

Péter Blaskó - Hungarian soldier

András Kern - Cook

Zoltán Várkonyi - Emperor Ferdinand I