New Gilgames

1963· 94 min★ 6.4· Drama

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.

Cast: Iván Darvas, Edit Domján, Sándor Pécsi

Director: Mihály Szemes