---
title: 'The Boys of Paul Street (1969)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Zoltán Fábri'
released: '1969-04-03'
runtime_minutes: 110
certification: 'G'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
  - 'Hungary'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-boys-of-paul-street-1969'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062164/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Boys of Paul Street (1969)

1969 · G · 110 min · Drama · United States, Hungary

Original title: A Pál utcai fiúk

## Synopsis

The Boys of Paul Street is a 1969 Hungarian-American drama film directed by Zoltán Fábri and based on the 1906 young adult novel The Paul Street Boys by Ferenc Molnár. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. It features English-speaking child actors accompanied by Hungarians including Fábri's favorite actress Mari Törőcsik as Nemecsek's mother. The film is acclaimed as the best and most faithful adaptation of Molnár's source novel and a highlight of Hungarian film.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Zoltán Fábri](https://cinepixo.com/people/zoltan-fabri)
- **Screenplay:** [Zoltán Fábri](https://cinepixo.com/people/zoltan-fabri), [Ferenc Molnár](https://cinepixo.com/people/ferenc-molnar), [Endre Bohem](https://cinepixo.com/people/endre-bohem)
- **Producer:** [Endre Bohem](https://cinepixo.com/people/endre-bohem)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Emil Petrovics](https://cinepixo.com/people/emil-petrovics)
- **Director of Photography:** [György Illés](https://cinepixo.com/people/gyorgy-illes)
- **Editor:** [Mária Szécsényi](https://cinepixo.com/people/maria-szecsenyi)

## Cast

- [Mark Colleano](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-colleano)
- [Mari Törőcsik](https://cinepixo.com/people/mari-torocsik)
- [John Moulder-Brown](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-moulder-brown)
- [Sándor Pécsi](https://cinepixo.com/people/sandor-pecsi)
- [Miklós Jancsó](https://cinepixo.com/people/miklos-jancso-2)

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