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A Very Moral Night

A Very Moral Night

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A Very Moral Night

1977

1h 34m

5.9(14 votes)

Drama

Comedy

Overview

A brothel in a small Hungarian town becomes the home of a medical student after his favorite working girls find out he's out of rent money. Trouble brews as they learn his mother is coming for a visit and they must transform the house.

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10 featured cast members

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Margit Makay

Margit Makay

Kelepei néni

Irén Psota

Irén Psota

Mutter

Carla Romanelli

Carla Romanelli

Bella

Györgyi Tarján

Györgyi Tarján

Darinka

György Cserhalmi

Kelepei Jenö

Mari Kiss

Mari Kiss

Rózsi

Lajos Balázsovits

Lajos Balázsovits

Szabó

Edith Leyrer

Nusika

Ildikó Kishonti

Ildikó Kishonti

Karolina

Zsuzsa Mányai

Zsuzsa Mányai

Lány

Creative team

Directed by: Károly Makk
Written by: Péter Bacsó
István Örkény

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