The Music of Life (1984)
The Soviet-Hungarian film version of the biography of one of the most talented composers of our time, the classic of the Vienna operetta - Imre Kálmán, known for all his music for operettas "The Csárdás Princess", "Countess Maritza", "The Circus Princess", "The Violet of Montmartre", "Die Bajadere" and many others. The music of Imre Kálmán has no equal in operetta for its festivity, “elegance”, and the refinement of melodics and orchestration.
Director: György Palásthy
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Péter Huszti as Imre Kálmán |
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Ildikó Piros as Paula |
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Enikő Eszenyi as Vera |
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Tatyana Plotnikova as Agnes Esterházy |
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Szabó Sándor as Kálmán's Father |
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Ilona Kállay as Kálmán's Mother |
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Irina Gubanova as Irmgard |
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Erzsi Pásztor as Pervicsné |
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Gabriella Lakatos as Podi |
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Péter Balázs as Kálmán's Brother-in-Law |
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Róbert Rátonyi as Theatre Director |
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Vladimir Ferapontov as Conductor |
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Marina Dyuzheva as |
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Elena Finogeeva as |
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Lyubov Germanova as |
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Yuri Gusev as |
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Sergey Martynov as |
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Igor Yasulovich as |
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Ildikó Hüvösvölgyi as |
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Dénes Gulyás as |
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Kálmán Latabár as |
| Editing | Teri Losonci | Editor |
| Writing | Yuriy Nagibin | Writer |
| Camera | Grigoriy Belenkiy | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Miklós Herczenik | Director of Photography |
| Sound | János Arató | Sound |
| Art | Mátyás Varga | Production Design |
| Art | Tamás Breier | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Eta Csabavölgyi | Makeup Artist |
| Art | Konstantin Forostenko | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alina Budnikova | Costume Design |
| Sound | Oleg Zilbershteyn | Sound |
| Costume & Make-Up | Emőke Csengey | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Julia Vitray | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | György Palásthy | Director |