Volley for a Black Buffalo

Volley for a Black Buffalo

107 mins | Drama | May 16, 1985

During the years following World War II, a new boy arrives to class 7/c, and the audience learns to know the lives of the drunkard teacher, his husband-cheating wife, the lonely music teacher hiding behind her paper flowers, the wise count deprived of all his properties, the jovial parish priest and especially the buffalo owner of tragic fate who lost his four daughters, alongside with the young protagonist.

Volley for a Black Buffalo

107 mins | Drama | May 16, 1985

Volley for a Black Buffalo
During the years following World War II, a new boy arrives to class 7/c, and the audience learns to know the lives of the drunkard teacher, his husband-cheating wife, the lonely music teacher hiding behind her paper flowers, the wise count deprived of all his properties, the jovial parish priest and especially the buffalo owner of tragic fate who lost his four daughters, alongside with the young protagonist.
Producers Procinex
Original title Sortűz egy fekete bivalyért
Directors László Szabó
Writers Nándor Gion, Ferenc Jeli, Ferenc András, László Szabó

Cast

Jean-Louis Trintignant

as Mr. Fodó, teacher

Jean Rochefort

as Lajos Ácsi, the count

Fanny Cottençon

as Fodóné

Miklós Székely B.

as Peter the Black, the buffalo

Ferenc Kállai

as Reverend Mr Berecz

István Bujtor

as Dukay

Berta Domínguez D.

as Teacher from Novák

Lili Monori

as Wife of Peter Black