In Budapest, two rival gangs of young boys lay claim to a vacant lot. The hostilities escalate yet never quite boil over into actual violence. Just when things do get out of hand, however, ...
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Title: The Boys of Paul Street (1968)
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| Mari Töröcsik | ... | Nemecsek anyja | |
| Sándor Pécsi | ... | Rácz tanár úr | |
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László Kozák | ... | Janó |
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Anthony Kemp | ... | Nemecsek Ernõ |
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William Burleigh | ... | Boka |
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Robert Efford | ... | Csónakos |
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Mark Colleano | ... | Csele |
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Gary O'Brien | ... | Weisz |
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Martin Beaumont | ... | Kolnay |
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Paul Bartleft | ... | Barabás |
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Earl Younger | ... | Leszik |
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György Vizi | ... | Richter |
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Julien Holdaway | ... | Áts, Feri |
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Péter Delmár | ... | Idõsebb pásztor |
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In Budapest, two rival gangs of young boys lay claim to a vacant lot. The hostilities escalate yet never quite boil over into actual violence. Just when things do get out of hand, however, the problem is "solved" by the city government, which takes over the lot for future development. Written by Ed Cresdee
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23 June 2015 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Like many of the other commentators, I saw this (once only!) when roughly the same age as the boys in the movie. 30+ years later I still find myself thinking about it from time to time. The themes of friendship, loyalty and commitment should be equally appealing to an adult viewer.
I seem to recall the subtitle "The War" appearing on the screen all those years ago. Maybe it is a false memory, driven by the film's notion of "the good us" vs "the evil them" - which is the undercurrent of the book & movie, and is usually the undercurrent of most actual wars. Even as a kid you could understand the not so subtle message that the movie was delivering.
The original 1906 book was written by Hungarian Ferenc Molnár during the long spiral of European politics into WWI. The book is still a standard read in many European grade schools. It was also voted the second favourite book in Hungary in 2005.
This movie, about Hungarian kids, was filmed in Finland. I wonder if the language might be the reason for this film not being available on DVD in an English version. Quite unfortunate, as this was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film - losing to the Russian 8 hour version of War and Peace (Voyna i Mir).