---
title: 'Stars of Eger (1968)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Zoltán Várkonyi'
released: '1968-12-19'
runtime_minutes: 157
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Hungary'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/stars-of-eger-1968'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062925/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Stars of Eger (1968)

1968 · 157 min · Drama · Hungary

Original title: Egri csillagok

## Synopsis

Stars of Eger is a 1968 Hungarian-Bulgarian historical film directed by Zoltán Várkonyi and starring Imre Sinkovits, György Bárdy and István Kovács. It is an adaptation of the 1899 novel Eclipse of the Crescent Moon by Géza Gárdonyi. An earlier silent film adaptation, Stars of Eger, was made in 1923. "Stars of Eger" is a direct translation of the original Hungarian title of the novel.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Zoltán Várkonyi](https://cinepixo.com/people/zoltan-varkonyi)
- **Screenplay:** [Géza Gárdonyi](https://cinepixo.com/people/geza-gardonyi), [István Nemeskürty](https://cinepixo.com/people/istvan-nemeskurty)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Ferenc Farkas](https://cinepixo.com/people/ferenc-farkas)
- **Director of Photography:** [Ferenc Szécsényi](https://cinepixo.com/people/ferenc-szecsenyi)
- **Editor:** [Mária Szécsényi](https://cinepixo.com/people/maria-szecsenyi)

## Cast

- [István Kovács](https://cinepixo.com/people/istvan-kovacs) as Gergely Bornemissza
- [Gábor Agárdy](https://cinepixo.com/people/gabor-agardy) as Sárközy
- [Géza Tordy](https://cinepixo.com/people/geza-tordy) as Miklós
- [László Bánhidi](https://cinepixo.com/people/laszlo-banhidi) as Jumurdzsák's prisoner
- [György Bárdy](https://cinepixo.com/people/gyorgy-bardy) as Jumurdzsák
- [Gyula Benkő](https://cinepixo.com/people/gyula-benko) as Veli bég
- [Tibor Bitskey](https://cinepixo.com/people/tibor-bitskey) as Mekcsey István
- [Péter Benkö](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-benko) as János Török
- [Vera Szemere](https://cinepixo.com/people/vera-szemere) as Ceceyné
- [Zoltán Várkonyi](https://cinepixo.com/people/zoltan-varkonyi) as Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor
- [Ferenc Zenthe](https://cinepixo.com/people/ferenc-zenthe) as Josef, the German mercenary
- [Tibor Molnár](https://cinepixo.com/people/tibor-molnar) as Friar Márton
- [András Kern](https://cinepixo.com/people/andras-kern) as Cook
- [Éva Ruttkai](https://cinepixo.com/people/eva-ruttkai) as Isabella Jagiellon
- [Rudolf Somogyvári](https://cinepixo.com/people/rudolf-somogyvari) as István Hegedûs

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/stars-of-eger-1968
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