The read
It runs a compact 1h 24m.
Synopsis
Allegory of the suppression of the 1919 revolution and the advent of fascism in Hungary; in the countryside, a unit of the revolutionary army spares the life of father Vargha, a fanatical priest. He comes back and leads massacres. A new force, represented by Feher, apparently avenges the people, but only to impose a different, more refined and effective kind of repression.
Ratings
IMDb6.4/10
7 audience votes
Key crew
- Miklós JancsóDirector
- Gyula HernádiWriter
- Miklós JancsóWriter
Cast
- József MadarasVargha páter
- Daniel OlbrychskiA hegedülõ
- Márk ZalaMárk atya
- Lajos BalázsovitsA kanonok
- Jaroslava SchallerováA fiatal anya
- Anna SzélesSzõke lány
- István BujtorA darutollas
- András KozákA vitézkötéses-knight / Vargha's adviser
- István AvarKerekes
- Tamás BálintA vörös katona
- István CsurkaA gazda
- László HorváthCsendõrtiszt