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The Boys of Paul Street is a 1969 American-Hungarian co-production film directed by Zoltán Fábri and based on the youth novel The Paul Street Boys (1906) by the Hungarian writer Ferenc Molnár. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. It features English-speaking child actors accompanied by Hungarian adult ones including Fábri's favorite actress Mari Törőcsik as Nemecsek's mother. Currently it is acclaimed as the best and most faithful adaptation of Molnár's source novel and a classic film in Hungary.
Original Release
04/03/1969
US Release
06/23/1969
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Sándor Pécsi | Rácz tanár úr |
| László Kozák | Janó |
| Anthony Kemp | Nemecsek Ernõ / Nemecsek Ernő |
| William Burleigh | Boka |
| John Moulder-Brown | Geréb |
| Robert Efford | Csónakos |
| Mark Colleano | Csele |
| Gary O'Brien | Weisz |
| Martin Beaumont | Kolnay |
| Paul Bartleft | Barabás |
Directors
Writers
Zoltán Fábri, Ferenc Molnár, Endre Bohem
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Sándor Pécsi | Rácz tanár úr |
| László Kozák | Janó |
| Anthony Kemp | Nemecsek Ernõ / Nemecsek Ernő |
| William Burleigh | Boka |
| John Moulder-Brown | Geréb |
| Robert Efford | Csónakos |
| Mark Colleano | Csele |
| Gary O'Brien | Weisz |
| Martin Beaumont | Kolnay |
| Paul Bartleft | Barabás |
| Earl Younger | Leszik |
| György Vizi | Richter |
| Julien Holdaway | Áts, Feri |
| Péter Delmár | Idõsebb pásztor |
| Nyika Jancsó | Fiatalabb pásztor |
| Attila Némethy | Wendauer |
| Imre Ebergényi | Szebenits |
| Sándor Kentner | Török |
| László Paál | Nemecsek apja |
| Árpád Téry | Orvos |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Endre Bohem | Producer |
Editors
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1969 | Oscar | Best Foreign Language Film | Nominated |
