Petőfi '73 (1973)

Release Date:	1973, June 16
Directors:	Ferenc Kardos
Countries:	Hungary
Production:	Budapest Filmstúdió Vállalat
Cast:	Can Togay, Péter Blaskó, Nóra Kovács, Kata Kánya, Mihály Kovács, Zoltán Fábián, Tibor Csizmadia, Csaba Oszkay, Attila Kőhalmi, Miklós Donik, Péter Sváda, János Marosvölgyi

Overview:

Using high-school students, Hungarian director Ferenc Kardos re-created the 1848 revolutionary period in that country's history which was dominated by the poet/soldier Sandor Petofi (1822-1849). Petofi wrote many epic poems which inspired Hungarian nationalism, the most well-known of which is Up Magyar! The students were encouraged to improvise without costumes or scenery, and did so with gusto.