Tale on the Twelve Points

Tale on the Twelve Points (Hungarian: Mese a 12 találatról) is a 1957 Hungarian sports comedy film directed by Károly Makk and starring Klári Tolnay, Ferenc Zenthe and István Somló. It was shot at the Hunnia Studios in Budapest. The film's sets were designed by the art director Mátyás Varga. It was one of the most popular films of the decade, with over three million admissions at the box office.

Tale on the Twelve Points
Directed by	Károly Makk
Written by	Péter Bacsó István Békeffy Imre Jeney Péter Szász
Produced by	László Szirtes
Starring	Klári Tolnay Ferenc Zenthe István Somló
Cinematography	István Eiben
Edited by	Sándor Boronkay
Music by	Szabolcs Fényes
Production company	Hunnia Filmgyár
Release date	7 February 1957 (1957-02-07)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	Hungary
Language	Hungarian

Cast

• Klári Tolnay as Mrs. Barth, pharmacist
• Ferenc Zenthe as Titi, coach
• István Somló as Ferenc Bartha doctor
• Irén Psota as Vali,Sister of Piri
• Iván Darvas as Géza Fazekas, history teacher
• Éva Ruttkai as Kató, gym teacher
• Sándor Peti as uncle Károly, waiter
• Samu Balázs as store manager
• Ervin Kibédi as nervous man at the pharmacy
• Sándor Siménfalvy as man with a toothache at the pharmacy
• László Hlatky as Brobicsek
• Zoltán Greguss as Péntek Lajos, manager og KIK
• Dezsö Garas as Goal-keeper of Lokomotív

Bibliography

• Hames, Peter (ed.) The Cinema of Central Europe. Wallflower Press, 2004.
• Liehm, Mira & Liehm, Antonín J. The Most Important Art: Soviet and Eastern European Film After 1945. University of California Press, 1980.
• Ostrowska, Dorota, Pitassio, Francesco & Varga, Zsuzsanna. Popular Cinemas in East Central Europe: Film Cultures and Histories. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2017.
• Rîpeanu, Bujor. (ed.) International Directory of Cinematographers, Set- and Costume Designers in Film: Hungary (from the beginnings to 1988). Saur, 1981.

External links

• Tale on the Twelve Points at IMDb