This film shows us around a factory in the seventies in Hungary. In the outskirts factory of Kőbánya workers celebrate the foundation members and want to present the oldest member, Uncle Benda, now a pensioner, with a golden ring. His grandson, Karcsi Merkovics, an industrial apprentice, is in love with the foreman's daughter.
Direction
Gyarmathy's documentary-trained eye finds poetry in machinery.
Production
Authentic Kőbánya location — you can practically smell the socialism.
Acting
József Madaras brings gruff warmth to Uncle Benda.
Director
Lívia Gyarmathy
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
One of the rare Hungarian films directed by a woman in the 1970s; Gyarmathy came from documentary and brought that unvarnished eye to fiction.
Shot on location at an actual Budapest factory with real workers as extras — the celebration scenes blur staged and authentic.
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