Released:
1963-03-02

Overview:
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.

Director:
Mihály Szemes

Runtime:
1h 34min

Genre:
Drama

• Cast:
• 
  Iván Darvas
  as
  Dávid
• 
  Edit Domján
  as
  Lilla
• 
  Sándor Pécsi
  as
  doktor Aradi
• 
  Szilvia Dallos
  as
  Margin Sister
• 
  Gyula Gózon
  as
  Uncle Szoboszlai