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The Stationmaster Meets His Match

Original title: Indul a bakterház
  • TV Movie
  • 19801980
  • 1h 6m
IMDb RATING
8.3/10
4.9K
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László Bánhidi and Imre Olvasztó in The Stationmaster Meets His Match (1980)
Comedy
Story of a mischievous outspoken kid in a small Hungarian town.Story of a mischievous outspoken kid in a small Hungarian town.Story of a mischievous outspoken kid in a small Hungarian town.
IMDb RATING
8.3/10
4.9K
YOUR RATING
    • Sándor Mihályfy
    • Sándor Rideg(novel)
    • György Schwajda
  • Stars
    • Imre Olvasztó
    • Róbert Koltai
    • Teri Horváth
    • Sándor Mihályfy
    • Sándor Rideg(novel)
    • György Schwajda
  • Stars
    • Imre Olvasztó
    • Róbert Koltai
    • Teri Horváth
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    • 7User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    Imre Olvasztó
    • Bendegúz
    Róbert Koltai
    Róbert Koltai
    • A Bakter
    Teri Horváth
    • A Banya
    Péter Haumann
    • A Patás
    Piroska Molnár
    Piroska Molnár
    • Anya
    János Zách
    • Suszter
    László Czuczor
    • Paraszt
    • (as Cuczor László)
    Ildikó Pécsi
    • Csámpás Rozi
    László Bánhidi
    • Konc Bácsi
    • (as Bánhidy László)
    István Szilágyi
    • A Piócás
    László Csákányi
    • Buga Jóska
    Károly Gyulai
    • Marhakereskedõ
    Antal Farkas
    Antal Farkas
    • Csendör
    Gábor Harsányi
    • Csendõr
      • Sándor Mihályfy
      • Sándor Rideg(novel)
      • György Schwajda
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    • Trivia
      According to an interview with Imre Olvasztó, the casting for Bendegúz' role was held in an orphanage. The casting crew told the children that who kicks the director from behind will get the role. No one believed, only Olvasztó had the courage. After kicking Sándor Mihályfy he was asked why he did that. Olvasztó replied in a polite manner that he wanted to get the role. Mihályfy laughed and hired him.
    • Goofs
      In the middle of the dumpling fight scene Imre Olvasztó throws Róbert Koltai in the eye. Koltai leaves the room, holding his face. However he is seen in the room lying under the table in the next shot.
    • Quotes

      Bendegúz: Sad and strange things have happened to me that you wouldn't believe! I've heard people say that I'm a peculiar lad and others say I should have been hanged at birth. They say I won't make an honest man either way. They even told my old mother to wring my neck and sooner rather than later.

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    4/10
    A waste of good comedians
    This television version of Sándor Rideg's nationwide bestseller `Indul a bakterház' seems to be made exclusively for people who have read the book. I did so, but I still found the TV-movie rather poor. It features only those elements of the book that contribute to the storyline but the storyline is the least important quality of Rideg's book. Everything that could be funny (and that's what `Indul a bakterház' is supposed to be in the first place) is left out or reduced, so only those can laugh who have read the book and are, by the film scenes, reminded of it. I don't know whether this is the sense of a film, and, as I had read the book quite some months before, it didn't work with me either.

    My criticism refers to the producers, the director and the bad sound quality (it really disturbs one if the synchronization isn't professionally done), but it doesn't concern the actors. Their performances are immaculate without exception, and they do really good jobs in portraying Rideg's characters, although had created them all rather excessive and stylized. Just as many other films based on bestsellers this one wastes many stars, many good comedians, especially Róbert Koltai, to raise expectations which are then disappointed. They didn't take much trouble to make this.
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    • Jan 6, 2002

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      • November 12, 1980 (Hungary)
      • Hungary
      • Hungarian
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    • Filming locations
      • Csabony, Hungary
      • Magyar Televízió Müvelödési Föszerkesztöség (MTV) (I)
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    • 1 hour 6 minutes
      • Color

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