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CineFest to screen Hungarian and Polish classics, from a 60-year-old Pharaoh to the Canterbury Tales
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CineFest to screen Hungarian and Polish classics, from a 60-year-old Pharaoh to the Canterbury Tales

From Magyar Nemzet · () Hungarian

Translated from Hungarian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • CineClassics will honour Hungarian actor Sรกndor Gรกspรกr with screenings of "Strike It Rich" and the first "รœvegtigris" film.
  • The programme includes Jerzy Kawalerowicz's 1966 film "Pharaoh," which received an Oscar nomination and will screen in a restored print.
  • The Miskolc Symphony Orchestra will perform John Williams film scores after last year's concert devoted to Ennio Morricone.

CineClassics has announced a programme that ranges from Hungarian comedy to a Polish historical epic and landmark British films.

The festival will honour this year's lifetime-achievement award winner, Hungarian actor Sรกndor Gรกspรกr, with screenings of two films. Pรฉter Tรญmรกr's "Strike It Rich" will be shown on September 11, followed on September 12 by the first "รœvegtigris," which marks its 25th anniversary this year. Gรกspรกr plays Rรณka, one of the central figures in the buffet group in the trilogy's opening film.

The programme will also commemorate Polish cultural figure Tadeusz Konwicki with a screening of "Pharaoh," Jerzy Kawalerowicz's 1966 adaptation of Bolesล‚aw Prus's novel. Set in ancient Egypt, the film explores political power, ambition and competing interests. It received an Oscar nomination in 1967, and CineClassics will present a restored print with support from the Polish Institute.

The festival's musical focus will shift from last year's Ennio Morricone concert to John Williams. The Miskolc Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Gรกbor Werner, will perform music from films including "Jaws," "Star Wars," "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial," "Indiana Jones," "Schindler's List," "Jurassic Park" and "Harry Potter." Werner, Pรฉter Muszatics and Lรกszlรณ Kolozsi will also discuss Williams's career before one of the concerts.

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Originally published by Magyar Nemzet in Hungarian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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