The Upthrown Stone

The Upthrown Stone (Hungarian: Feldobott kő) is a 1969 Hungarian drama film directed by Sándor Sára. It was listed to compete at the 1968 Cannes Film Festival, but the festival was cancelled due to the events of May 1968 in France. The film was also selected as the Hungarian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 42nd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.

Cast

Lajos Balázsovits as Pásztor Balázs

Nadesda Kazassian as Irini, the wife of Iliasz

Todor Todorov as Iliasz

László Bánhidi as János bácsi

István Iglódi as Halmos Jancsi

Tibor Molnár as Kerék András

Katalin Berek as the mother of Balázs

Ferenc Jónás

Ferenc Némethy as Gönczi

József Bihari as the grandfather of Balázs

János K. Szabó

Lajos Öze as a college teacher

Arisztea Dini

János Koltai as Inspector

János Pásztor as Balázs's Father