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.
Released: Mar 02, 1963
Runtime: 94 minutes
Genre: Drama
Stars: Iván Darvas, Edit Domján, Sándor Pécsi, Szilvia Dallos, Gyula Gózon, Erzsébet Házy
Crew: Emil Petrovics (Music), Barnabás Hegyi (Director of Photography), Mihály Morell (Editor), István Básthy (Production Design), Zsazsa Lázár (Costume Design), Károly Hadai (Makeup Artist)