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The Upthrown Stone (1969)

An aspiring film student is denied a scholarship to the state-funded university when his father is thrown in jail. The man had stopped a train in order to facilitate the union between two old friends. The son then takes a job as a land surveyor and meets a Greek man who works towards the collective benefits of the peasants. The man is killed in a peasant uprising prompted by a bureaucratic boondoggle. The surveyor looks after the man's widow as his emerging political and social awareness leads him take a stand against government injustice. Another incident, in which gypsies are rounded up by state hygiene workers, further galvanizes the man's beliefs. He photographs the incident, and his work allows him to be accepted into the school from which he was previously denied admission.

Release: 1969-04-17
Runtime: 84 min
Rating: 6.3 / 10
Cast
Lajos Balázsovits
Lajos Balázsovits
Pásztor Balázs
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Nadesda Kazassian
Irini, Iliasz felesége
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Todor Todorov
Iliasz
László Bánhidy
László Bánhidy
János bácsi
István Iglódi
István Iglódi
Halmos Jancsi
Tibor Molnár
Tibor Molnár
Kerék András
Katalin Berek
Katalin Berek
Balázs anyja
József Madaras
József Madaras
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János Pásztor
father of Balázs
Kati Berek
Kati Berek
mother of Balázs
József Bihari
József Bihari
grandfather of Balázs
Lajos Őze
Lajos Őze
college teacher
Sándor Kőmíves
Sándor Kőmíves
Uncle Géza
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Ferenc Némethy
Gönczi
János Görbe
János Görbe
farmer