The read
It runs a compact 1h 12m.
Synopsis
Set during a turbulent era of disquiet, fear, persecution and terror, which permeates every corner of post-WWI Hungarian society. In 1919, after just a few months of communist rule the Hungarian Republic of Councils falls victim to a nationalist counter-revolution. Admiral Horthy, leader of the nationalist far right movement, becomes the self-proclaimed regent of Hungary, and assumes power as the legal Head of State. Soldiers of the short-lived Hungarian Red Army are now on the run from relentless secret policemen and patrol units of the nationalist Royal Gendarme. If caught, ex-Red Army soldiers are executed without mercy or proper trial. István Cserzi, a former soldier of the Red Army has fled to the Great Hungarian Plains and has taken refuge on a farm, which is run by two sympathetic women.
Ratings
23 audience votes
Key crew
- Miklós JancsóDirector
- Gyula HernádiWriter
- Miklós JancsóWriter
Cast
- Mari TörőcsikTeréz
- Zoltán LatinovitsKémeri
- József MadarasKároly
- Andrea DrahotaAnna
- András KozákIstván
- István BujtorKovács II.
- Ida SiménfalvyTeréz' mother
- János KoltaiPeasant
- Sándor SiménfalvyOld Peasant
- Kornélia SallayAuntie Veronika
- Mária Gór NagyKis Veronika
- János GörbeThe Shepherd