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Stars of Eger

Stars of Eger

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Status

Released

Release Date

Aug 12, 1968

Runtime

2h 25m

Genres

War, History, Romance, Adventure

User Score

74%

Original Title

Egri csillagok

Production Companies

Mafilm

Director

Zoltán Várkonyi

Description

This romantic and grandiose historical film depicts the era of the constant incursions and heroic battles fought by the defenders of the castle of Eger, led by captain István Dobó, against the heavy odds of superior numbers through the lives and love of Bornemissza Gergely and Cecey Éva. Gergely is inaugurated as a fighter already at the age of 7, when he escapes the captivity of the half-eyed Turk, Jumurdzsak, with Vica and the war-booty. In thirty years' time he becomes the first assistant of captain Dobó and the brain of the castle in the defence of Eger.