A Very Moral Night

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A Very Moral Night

1977

1h 34m

5.9(14 votes)

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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

Starring

Margit Makay

Kelepei néni

Irén Psota

Mutter

Carla Romanelli

Bella

Györgyi Tarján

Darinka

György Cserhalmi

Kelepei Jenö

Mari Kiss

Rózsi

Lajos Balázsovits

Szabó

Edith Leyrer

Nusika

Ildikó Kishonti

Karolina

Zsuzsa Mányai

Lány

Creative team

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

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