New Gilgames

The story recalling the spirit of Gilgamesh, the Sumerian king quarrelling with his approaching death, takes place in a cancer hospital in Budapest. Dávid, the young ethnography scientist resigned to his lot and is indifferent to his approaching death. His specialist reckons, however, that such a searching and stubborn mind with thorough knowledge of the nature of his own illness, will be able to fight death.

Genre:

Drama

Duration:

94 min

Cast:

Iván Darvas, Edit Domján, Sándor Pécsi

Quality:

HD

Director:

Mihály Szemes

Release:

1963

Country:

Hungary

Rating:

8.0