New Gilgames

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1963 · 94 min · Drama · TMDB 8.0/10

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.

Directed by Mihály Szemes

Cast

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