The Boys of Paul Street
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Zoltán Fábri
Anthony Kemp
William Burleigh
John Moulder-brown
Robert Efford
Mark Colleano
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
In turn-of-the-century Budapest, two groups of teenage boys engage in a mock war over one of the few vacant lots remaining in the city. The Paul Street boys have long regarded the lot as their exclusive property; now the fearsome Red Shirts have decided to drive them out and take over. As preparations begin for the battle and each side plans its strategy, Private Nemecsek, the smallest, youngest, pluckiest Paul Street boy, aspires to becoming an officer. Spying on the Red Shirts, he is forced to hide in the water to avoid discovery and catches cold. Then, when Gereb, a Paul Street boy, defects to the Red Shirts, Nemecsek sneaks into the enemy camp to find out what secrets the traitor has divulged. Hearing the Red Shirts disparaging his comrades, Nemecsek speaks out in their defense and is thrown into a lake. As a result, Nemecsek falls ill with pneumonia, much to the concern of Boka, the general of the Paul Street boys, who has become fond of the small but courageous private. Finally, the battle formally begins. Although gravely ill, Nemecsek gets out of bed and goes to the battlefield, determined to fight. Delirious and dying, he falls upon the leader of the Red Shirts and is hailed for winning the battle for the Paul Street troops. The battle is over and Nemecsek is at last a "hero"--albeit a dead hero. Saddened and disillusioned by the price of victory, Boka returns to the vacant lot and learns that the city has claimed it for the site of a new apartment house.
Director
Zoltán Fábri
Cast
Anthony Kemp
William Burleigh
John Moulder-brown
Robert Efford
Mark Colleano
Gary O'brien
Martin Beaumont
Paul Bartlett
Earl Younger
György Vizi
Julien Holdaway
Peter Delmar
Miklós Jancsó
Attila Németh
Imre Ebergényi
Sándor Kentner
András Avar
János Pach
István Séri
Orsolya Zeitler
Mari Törocsik
Sándor Pécsi
László Kozák
László Paál
Árpád Téry
Crew
Ferenc Andras
József Bajusz
Endre Bohém
Endre Bohém
Magda Boros
Géza Dobranyi
Zoltán Fábri
Ottó Föld
Tilda Gáti
Bud Groskopf
Katalin Haasz
György Illés
Irene Juhasz
László Kocsenda
József Lorincz
Mária Magyar
Eva Martin
John Owen
Zsuzsa Paál
Ottilia Pasztory
Emil Petrovics
György Pintér
József Romvári
György Rozsasi
Judit Schaffer
Ferencné Szécsényi
István Szücs
Film Details
Technical Specs
Award Nominations
Best Foreign Language Film
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
Filmed in Budapest in 1968 in both English and Hungarian versions; released in Hungary in April 1969 as A Pál utcai fiúk at 112 min.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Summer June 23, 1969
Agascope
Filmed in both Hungarian and English versions.
Previewed in Hollywood March 17, 1968.
Released in United States Summer June 23, 1969
