Under the name of Lukac

Lukac was the nom de guerre of the Hungarian writer Mate Zalka, who fought in Spain in 1936. A political exile in the Soviet Union, he was one of the first volunteers to go to Spain, where he became commander of the 12th International Brigade.The film recounts the final months of General Lukac’s life in Spain. Made in the belief that the Spanish Civil War will go down in history as a glorious example of international solidarity and support, the film is a tribute to all those who came to Spain from the four corners of the earth and died there for their ideas.

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Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.
Script: Valery Frid, July Dunsky
Cinematography: Yanosh Kende
Editing: T. Giengoritseva
Sound: S. Litvinof, I. Silos
Music: Dyerd Vukan
Actors: Andrash Kozak (Lukac), Oleg Vavilov (Aliosha), Konstantin Zakharov (Belov),VladimirVikhrov (young Zalka), Vakhtang Kikabidze (Durruti), Georgi Sokolov (Batof), Ishtvan Buytor (Flatter), Anatoli Romash
Production: Mosfilm & Mafilm. Production Management: Lazar Milkis, Lajos Ovari
Sets: Abram Freydin, Tamash Vayer
Format: Digibeta Color
Production Country: USSR - Hungary
Production Year: 1977
Duration: 100

Manos Zakharias

He was born in Athens and studied Chemistry at the University of Athens and Drama at the Rota-Sarantidis School. In December 1945, he won a scholarship from the French Institute to study in France. He attended Art History classes at the Sorbonne and graduated from the Institute of Higher FilmStudies (IDHEC) in Paris. Between 1948-49 he took part in the Civil War, organizing the filming crew of the Republican Army. After the defeat of the communists, he went into political exile in Tashkent. There he graduated from the School of Direction of the Theatrical Institute and taught acting for two years. In 1956 he attended Mosfilm’s School for the Advanced Training of Film directors in Moscow. He went on to make ten films at Mosfilm Studios. In 1979 he returned to Greece. He served as Advisor on Film Issues to Melina Mercouri, President of the Greek Film Center and head of the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation ERT’s European Program Office.

Filmography

1947 Flagrand Delit
1948 The Truth about the Children of Greece
1959 Utreni reis/The Morning Flight
1960 Lovtsy gubok/The Sponge Divers
1962 Notsnoi pasazir/The Night Passenger
1963 Konec I natcolo/The End and the Beginning
1966 Ya soldat, mama/I Am a Soldier, Mother
1968 Karatel/A Member of the Firing Squad
1970 Gorod pervoi lyubvi/The Town of First Love
(a seven-part film - Boris Yasin & Manos Zakharias)
1972 Na uglu Arbata I ulitsy Bubulinas/At the Corner of Arbat and Bubulinas Street
1974 Who Will Answer?
1977 Psevdonim: Lukac/Under the Name of Lukac