Black Diamond (1977)
Iván Berend is a nobleman from the countryside, owner of considerable wealth. If necessary, he duels and plays cards like his fellow gentry, if necessary, he dances and compliments like most cavaliers. But far from him is this high life. He prefers to lecture on natural history, and does not hesitate to prove his claims by burning a diamond. He runs the Bondavar mine and experiments on a fire extinguishing agent. Evila, the beautiful starlet, and her impetuous fiancé, Peter Szaffrán, work in the mine. They are hired by the Viennese banker Félix Kaulmann to help him with his grand plan for the coal basin, which will ruin Ivan Berend.
Director:
Zoltán Várkonyi
Writers:
János Erdödy, Zoltán Várkonyi.
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Péter Huszti as Berend Iván |
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Szilvia Sunyovszky as Evila |
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Gábor Koncz as Szaffrán Péter |
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Péter Haumann as Kaulmann Félix |
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Szabó Sándor as Sámuel apát |
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Antal Páger as Thibald herceg |
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Ildikó Bánsági as Angéla |
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István Bujtor as Salista őrnagy |
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Klári Tolnay as Teudelinda grófnő |
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Györgyi Andai as Emerencia |
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Géza Tordy as Gustaf Roné |
| Writing | János Erdödy | Screenplay |
| Directing | Zoltán Várkonyi | Director |
| Writing | Mór Jókai | Novel |
| Camera | György Illés | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Zoltán Várkonyi | Screenplay |
| Editing | Ferencné Szécsényi | Editor |
| Art | János P. Nagy | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mariann Wieber | Costume Design |
| Art | Tamás Vayer | Production Design |
| Sound | Emil Petrovics | Original Music Composer |