The present release features a selection of the most beautiful Hungarian folk tales told in Hungarian. These seven favorites were selected from the 77 Hungarian folk songs of Gyula Illyes. Hungarian actors Sandor Lukacz Kossuth and Kacor King read these tales. Gyula Illyes, Hungarian poet and novelist, was known as a writer of the people. He aimed to show a connection between his art and the common people of Hungary, and was propelled by a strong sociological interest and left wing conviction to show the disadvantageous conditions of his native land. His writing down of Hungarian folk tales was led by these convictions. Sandor Lucacz graduated from the College of Theater and Film in Hungary. Since the 1970s he has acted in several critically-acclaimed Hungarian films, including Istvan Szabo's 1981 Oscar-winning film Mephisto.
