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Gül Baba

1940 · 105 min

A frothy, tuneful old-world romp with storybook romance and gentle peril, easy to hum along to.

Directed by
Nádasdy Kálmán
Genres
Comedy, Music
Starring
Sándor Kőmíves, Zita Szeleczky, Pál Jávor
Overview
Student Gábor and cigarette-smoking student Mujkó sneak into the Buda rose garden of baba Gül and fall in love with Leila, the daughter of baba Gül, who is bathing there and is destined to be the 33rd wife of Ali Basa. The guard captures the student and death awaits him and his companions.

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Directed by
Nádasdy Kálmán
Genres
Comedy, Music
Starring
Sándor Kőmíves, Zita Szeleczky, Pál Jávor
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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • identity
  • freedom
  • fate
  • rebellion
Places
  • fantasy world
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
family
Form
  • musical
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour5
Realism3
Romance6
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight3

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Genres
comedy, music
Directed by
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Written by
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Starring
Sándor Kőmíves, Zita Szeleczky, Pál Jávor, Zoltán Makláry, Margit Ladomerszky, Judit Farkas, Nándor Bihary, Karola Szalay
Runtime
105 min
Country
Hungary
Languages
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