
New Gilgames
1963, English. Directed by Mihály Szemes.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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- Released
- 2 March 1963
- Original title
- Új Gilgames
- Country
- Hungary
- Written by
- Ida András, József Solymár
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Who directed New Gilgames?
New Gilgames (1963) was directed by Mihály Szemes and stars Iván Darvas, Edit Domján, Sándor Pécsi.