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.
Directed by Zoltán Várkonyi
queen
female soldier
fortress
swordswoman
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
3.4 / 5
Cast
Imre Sinkovits
Dobó István
György Bárdy
Jumurdzsák
Kovács István
Bornemissza Gergely
Tibor Bitskey
Mekcsey István
Gábor Agárdy
Sárközy
Venczel Vera
Cecey Éva
Éva Ruttkai
Izabella királynő
Hilda Gobbi
Baloghné
Szemere Vera
Ceceyné
Crew
Zoltán Várkonyi
Director
Géza Gárdonyi
Novel
Popular Reviews
4 reviews
Szabó Dávid
5.0★ · 02/05/25
It's a classic, but it's long and sometimes very boring. Sadly the hungarian filmmaking didn't aged that well. Still an important and must watch hungarian movie
It's a classic, but it's long and sometimes very boring. Sadly the hungarian filmmaking didn't aged that well. Still an important and must watch hungarian movie
