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A Very Moral Night

1977 film

Manuscripts, fine bindings, an engraving plate and preserved performance ephemera
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 11, 2026
Entity authorityQ4660415 ↗
Source-derived summary

A Very Moral Night (Hungarian: Egy erkölcsös éjszaka) is a 1977 Hungarian comedy film directed by Károly Makk. It was entered into the 1978 Cannes Film Festival.

Cast

Margit Makay - Aunt Kelepei

Irén Psota - Mutter

Carla Romanelli - Bella

Georgiana Tarjan - Darinka (as Györgyi Tarján)

György Cserhalmi - Jenő Kelepei

Edith Leyrer - Nusika

Mari Kiss - Rózsi

Ildikó Kishonti - Karolina

Zsuzsa Mányai - Girl

Edit Soós - Girl

Katalin Szécsi - Girl

Ági Szirtes - Servant-maid

Judit Törő - Girl

András Ambrus - Major

Lajos Balázsovits - Szabó

Zoltán Basilides - Tivadar

Zoltán Benkóczy - Chief Hunter

Gyula Benkő - Deputy Homoródy

László Csákányi - Mr.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “A Very Moral Night” as 1977 film. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Very, Moral and Night.

Editorial reviewA useful identification and reception guide that helps separate the work itself from editions, performances, ownership and later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1977, 1978—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1977-01-01. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Very, Moral and Night providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “A Very Moral Night”, the useful work is to connect “1977 film” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Object files, edition statements, performance records and contemporary criticism preserve different stages of the work’s history. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 11, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4660415. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1977 and 1978.

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This entry incorporates text from “A Very Moral Night” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.