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Oct 17, 1957
96 min
Full-HD

Spiral Staircase (1957)

The film is an interpretation of everyday life and privacy as well as the first love-triangle story after 1945. Benkő Lajos, the country librarian, is stationed in the capital. In lack of a suitable apartment, his wife and children have to stay in the country.

Category

Drama

Country

Hungary

Companies

Hunnia Filmstúdió

Rudolf Somogyvári

Benkõ

Éva Vass

Edit

Irén Sütő

Márta

Sándor Tompa

Seszták

Ferenc Kállai

Ilosfay

Béla Barsi

Ilosfay

Sándor Deák

Gerencser

Ilka Petur

Nagymama

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