''Twenty Hours'' ( hu, Húsz óra) is a 1965 Hungarian
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...
directed by
Zoltán Fábri
Zoltán Fábri (15 October 1917 – 23 August 1994) was a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. His films '' The Boys of Paul Street'' (1969) and ''Hungarians'' (1978) were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. ...
.
The film was selected as the Hungarian entry for the
Best Foreign Language Film at the
38th Academy Awards
The 38th Academy Awards, honoring the best in film for 1965, were held on April 18, 1966, at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, California. They were hosted by Bob Hope.
The ceremony was broadcast on the ABC network and was ...
, but was not accepted as a nominee.
[Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences] The film shared the Grand Prix with ''
War and Peace
''War and Peace'' (russian: Война и мир, translit=Voyna i mir; pre-reform Russian: ; ) is a literary work by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy that mixes fictional narrative with chapters on history and philosophy. It was first published ...
'' and won the Prix
FIPRESCI at the
4th Moscow International Film Festival.
Cast
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Antal Páger as Chairman Jóska
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János Görbe as Anti Balogh
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Emil Keres
Emil Keres (9 July 1925 – 1 April 2016) was a Hungarian actor and theatre director.
Selected filmography
Awards
* Kossuth Prize (1965)
References
External links
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1925 births
2016 deaths
Hungarian male stage actors
Hungarian mal ...
as the reporter
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Ádám Szirtes
Ádám Szirtes (born Ádám Szvitek February 10, 1925 – July 27, 1989) was a Hungarian actor.
Selected filmography
* ''Treasured Earth'' (1948)
* ''Kiskrajcár'' (1953)
* ''The Sea Has Risen'' (1953)
* ''Merry-Go-Round'' (1956)
* ''I'll Go ...
as Béni Kocsis
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László György as Sándor Varga
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József Bihari as András Cuha
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Lajos Őze
Lajos Őze (27 April 1935 – 21 October 1984) was a Hungarian actor. He appeared in over 80 films between 1955 and 1984. He starred in the 1976 film '' The Fifth Seal'', which was entered into the 27th Berlin International Film Festival.
Sel ...
as Kiskovács
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János Makláry (credited as János Maklári) as György Vencel
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Károly Kovács as the count
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Gyula Bodrogi
Gyula Bodrogi (born 15 April 1934) is a Hungarian television and film actor.
Selected filmography
* ''Sleepless Years'' (1959)
* ''Cantata'' (1963)
* '' Twenty Hours'' (1965)
* ''The Testament of Aga Koppanyi'' (1967)
* ''Irány Mexikó!'' ...
as the doctor
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Ági Mészáros as Terus
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Tibor Molnár as Máthé
See also
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List of submissions to the 38th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
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References
External links
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1965 films
1960s Hungarian-language films
1965 drama films
Hungarian black-and-white films
Films directed by Zoltán Fábri
Hungarian drama films
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