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Pista Dankó

1941 · 95 min

A sweeping, sorrowful romance where music and fate intertwine, leaving a lingering sense of loss and beauty.

Directed by
László Kalmár
Genres
Drama, Romance
Starring
Pál Jávor, Erzsi Simor, Margit Lukács
Overview
Pista Dankó falls in love with Ilonka Jáky, the beautiful blonde lady, so his old love, Rózsi, the wild gypsy girl, puts a curse on him. Ilonka elopes with Pista and they marry. They live in difficult circumstances, but Lajos Pósa takes up the talented young man. Pista wants to recover his legendary violin, which has fallen into the possession of a Russian prince, so he goes on a tour of Russia. Here he meets Rózsi, who has become a famous dancer and now has a hold on him too. Meanwhile, Pista falls ill and returns home to die. In his last hours, a package arrives from Rosie. He plays his last song with the returned violin.

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Directed by
László Kalmár
Genres
Drama, Romance
Starring
Pál Jávor, Erzsi Simor, Margit Lukács
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • obsession
  • fate
  • music
  • death
Places
  • countryside
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour2
Realism6
Romance7
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
László Kalmár
Written by
László Bihari
Starring
Pál Jávor, Erzsi Simor, Margit Lukács, Sándor Tompa, Kálmán Rózsahegyi, Béla Mihályffi, Juliska Ligeti, Zoltán Szakáts
Runtime
95 min
Country
Hungary
Languages
Hungarian

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