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American Torso (1975)

Genre : Drama, History

Runtime : 1H 35M

Director : Gábor Bódy
Writer : Gábor Bódy

Synopsis

The film depicts the lives of veterans of the 1848 Hungarian Revolution in the American Civil War, based in part on an Ambrose Bierce story. The whole film was re-edited using his own method called "light editing" in order to make it resemble a damaged silent film from the late 1800s.

Actors

Sándor Csutoros
Sándor Csutoros
Fiala János
György Cserhalmi
György Cserhalmi
Vereczky Ádám
András Fekete
András Fekete
Boldogh
Jenő Balaskó
Jenő Balaskó
László Benke
László Benke
Gáspár Ferdinándy
Gáspár Ferdinándy
Gyula Hornyanszky
Gyula Hornyanszky
Ferenc Jánossy
Ferenc Jánossy
Ilona Keserû
Ilona Keserû
Martha Lampland
Martha Lampland
György Sándor
György Sándor
Dénes Ujlaky
Dénes Ujlaky
Éva Vándor
Éva Vándor
Zoltán Latinovits
Zoltán Latinovits
Fiala János (voice)

Crews

Gábor Bódy
Gábor Bódy
Director
Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Bierce
Writer
Gábor Bódy
Gábor Bódy
Screenplay
Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman
Poem
Karl Marx
Karl Marx
Writer

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