Hungarian Folktales

Only Donkeys Don't Eat the Spoon

Directed by Elek Lisziák, Marcell Jankovics
TV-Y
S1 • E6    Jan 3, 1977
Matthias, the famous and righteous king of Hungarians, orders a shepherd to his palace to play a joke on him, and to reward him afterwards. The guards only let him in after he promises that he will share the present with them. The shepherd asks for a beating, and lets the guards have all of it. The king does not provide the shepherd with a spoon at dinner, but he manages to eat has soup with the crust of his bread. After finishing, he says: be called a dog, who does not eat his spoon!

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Cast of Only Donkeys Don't Eat the Spoon

  • László BánhidyMesemondó
  • Elek LisziákDirector
  • Marcell JankovicsDirector / Writer

 

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