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8/20/1952
We have linguists, we have literary men, we have newspapers, actors, musicians, but we have no national opera!", lamented the champions of national revival in the middle of the last century. Hungarian music culture at home is limited to the performance of works by foreign composers. And the public demands Hungarian opera, and such a challenge is not easy to meet. So let's see who is up to the task!

Sándor Pécsi
as Ferenc Erkel

Miklós Gábor
as Béni Egressy

Éva Szörényi
as Adél

Andor Ajtay
as András Bartai

Margit Makay
as Adlerné

Iván Darvas
as Ferenc Liszt

György Solthy
as Adler

Jenõ Horváth
as Sándor Petõfi

Tamás Major
as Ferenc Kölcsey

Gábor Rajnay
as Márk Rózsahegyi
János Zách
as Mihály Brand-Mosonyi

Sándor Szabó
as Lázár Horváth Petrichevich

Zoltán Várkonyi
as Turányi, chief music director

Lajos Mányai
as baron Orczy, intendant

Tivadar Uray
as archduke Albrecht

József Bihari
as old peasant
Gyula Tapolczay
as Aristocrat
László Hard
as old archduke

Gyula Bakos
Gábor Balassa
László Dékány
János Fodor
János Garics
Mária Gyurkovics

János Gálcsiki
József Gáti
Gyula Kamarás
József Képessy
Béla Kövecses
György Melis
Klára Palánkay

Sándor Peti

Lajos Rajczy
József Simándi

Sándor Siménfalvy

Imre Sinkovits
Lajos Sugár
Éva Surányi

István Szatmári

Endre Szemethy
Gusztáv Vándory

Éva Örkényi