The Boys of Paul Street
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The Boys of Paul Street is a 1969 American-Hungarian co-production film directed by Zoltán Fábri
and based on the youth novel
The Paul Street Boys
(1906) by the Hungarian writer Ferenc Molnár
. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
. It features English-speaking (American and British) child actors (led by Anthony Kemp as Ernő Nemecsek) accompanied by Hungarian adult ones including Fábri's favorite actress Mari Törőcsik
as Nemecsek's mother. Currently it is acclaimed as the best and most faithful adaptation of Molnár's source novel and a classic film in Hungary.
Zoltán Fábri
Zoltán Fábri was a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. His films The Boys of Paul Street and Hungarians were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film....
and based on the youth novel
Young adult literature
Young-adult fiction or young adult literature , also juvenile fiction, is fiction written for, published for, or marketed to adolescents and young adults, roughly ages 14 to 21. The Young Adult Library Services of the American Library Association defines a young adult as "someone between the...
The Paul Street Boys
The Paul Street Boys
The Paul Street Boys is a youth novel by the Hungarian writer Ferenc Molnár , first published in 1906.-Plot outline:...
(1906) by the Hungarian writer Ferenc Molnár
Ferenc Molnár
LanguageFerenc Molnár was a Hungarian dramatist and novelist. His Americanized name was Franz Molnar...
. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the Academy Awards of Merit, popularly known as the Oscars, handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...
. It features English-speaking (American and British) child actors (led by Anthony Kemp as Ernő Nemecsek) accompanied by Hungarian adult ones including Fábri's favorite actress Mari Törőcsik
Mari Töröcsik
Mari Törőcsik is a Hungarian film actress. She has appeared in over 120 films since 1956. She won the award for Best Actress at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival for the film Mrs...
as Nemecsek's mother. Currently it is acclaimed as the best and most faithful adaptation of Molnár's source novel and a classic film in Hungary.
Cast
- Mari TöröcsikMari TöröcsikMari Törőcsik is a Hungarian film actress. She has appeared in over 120 films since 1956. She won the award for Best Actress at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival for the film Mrs...
as Nemecsek anyja - Sándor PécsiSándor PécsiSándor Pécsi was a Hungarian actor. He appeared in over 60 films between 1948 and 1972.-Selected filmography:* Különös házasság * Liliomfi * The Golden Head...
as Rácz tanár úr - László Kozák as Janó
- Anthony Kemp as Nemecsek Ernõ
- William BurleighWilliam BurleighWilliam Burleigh was a United States Representative from Maine. He was born in Northwood, New Hampshire, on October 24, 1785. He moved with his parents to Gilmanton, New Hampshire, in 1788 where he attended the common schools and taught for several years...
as Boka - John Moulder-Brown as Geréb
- Robert Efford as Csónakos
- Mark Colleano as Csele
- Gary O'Brien as Weisz
- Martin BeaumontMartin BeaumontMartin Beaumont is a British businessman who was, until October 2007, the chief executive of the Co-operative group, today a £9.4 billion turnover enterprise employing in excess of 85,000 people across a diverse portfolio of businesses...
as Kolnay - Paul Bartleft as Barabás
- Earl Younger as Leszik
See also
- List of submissions to the 41st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of Hungarian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film