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Count János Buttler rushes home to his parents and his beloved for the school holidays. On the way, they stop at Baron Dőry's house, where János is deviously trapped. In the presence of false witnesses, he is forcibly married to Baron Dőry's pregnant daughter. The swearing priest is the father of the unborn child. Although Buttler, his family and friends do their utmost to have the marriage annulled, the Church and the court, fearing for his authority, will not allow it. John Buttler and his lover therefore choose another way to divorce.Read moreLess
Count János Buttler rushes home to his parents and his beloved for the school holidays. On the way, they stop at Baron Dőry's house, where János is deviously trapped. In the presence of false witnesses, he is forcibly married to Baron Dőry's pregnant daughter. The swearing priest is the father of the unborn child. Although Buttler, his family and friends do their utmost to have the marriage annulled, the Church and the court, fearing for his authority, will not allow it. John Buttler and his lover therefore choose another way to divorce.
The story
Count János Buttler rushes home to his parents and his beloved for the school holidays. On the way, they stop at Baron Dőry's house, where János is deviously trapped. In the presence of false witnesses, he is forcibly married to Baron Dőry's pregnant daughter. The swearing priest is the father of the unborn child. Although Buttler, his family and friends do their utmost to have the marriage annulled, the Church and the court, fearing for his authority, will not allow it. John Buttler and his lover therefore choose another way to divorce.
Cast & crew
Gyula BenkőCount János Párdányi Buttler
Éva ÖrkényiPiroska, daughter of Horváth
Miklós GáborZsiga Bernáth
Lajos RajczyBaron István Dõry
Hédi TemessyMary, daughter of Dõry
Sándor TompaMiklós Horváth
Éva RuttkaiKatica
Artúr SomlayArchbishop Fischer
Sándor PécsiIgnác Medve, doctor
Szabó SándorSucsinka is a parish priest
Tamás MajorJesuit
Hilda GobbiSzimácsinéExplore the crew
- Director
- Márton Keleti
- Writer
- Gyula Háy
- Director of Photography
- Barnabás Hegyi
- Editor
- Sándor Zákonyi