Sleepless Years

Sleepless Years
Directed by	Félix Máriássy
Written by	Judit Máriássy
Produced by	József Bajusz Lajos Óvári
Starring	Éva Ruttkai Géza Tordy Éva Vass
Cinematography	György Illés
Edited by	Ferencné Szécsényi
Music by	Imre Vincze
Production company	Hunnia Filmstúdió
Release date	2 April 1959 (1959-04-02)
Running time	107 minutes
Country	Hungary
Language	Hungarian

Sleepless Years (Hungarian: Álmatlan évek) is a 1959 Hungarian drama film directed by Félix Máriássy and starring Éva Ruttkai, Géza Tordy and Éva Vass.[1][2] It was shot at the Hunnia Studios in Budapest. The film's sets were designed by the art director Melinda Vasáry. It was screened at the 1959 Venice Film Festival.

Main cast

• Éva Ruttkai as Vilma
• Géza Tordy as Karesz
• Éva Vass as Irén
• Gábor Agárdi as Tóth
• Mari Törőcsik as Kató
• Oszkár Ascher as Lisszauer igazgató
• István Avar as Tutó
• Béla Barsi as Mihalik
• Gyula Bodrogi as Cserna
• József Fonyó as Berczik
• Hédi Temessy as Lisszauerné
• Ferenc Zenthe as Knézits Jani

References

1. Liehm & Liehm p.171
2. Rîpeanu p.91

Bibliography

• Liehm, Mira & Liehm, Antonín J. The Most Important Art: Soviet and Eastern European Film After 1945. University of California Press, 1980.
• Rîpeanu, Bujor. (ed.) International Directory of Cinematographers, Set- and Costume Designers in Film: Hungary (from the beginnings to 1988). Saur, 1981.

External links

• Sleepless Years at IMDb