The read
It runs a compact 1h 29m.
Synopsis
Budapest, Hungary, Christmas 1957. The state, insecure after the defeated revolution of 1956 and increasingly put under the influence of a renewed Stalinist atmosphere, has decreed that all security officials must pass an exam to verify their loyalty. But to be actually effective in a shadowy world where suspicion and secrets reign, the subjects must be unaware that they are being tested.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
31 audience votes
Key crew
- Péter BergendyDirector
- Norbert KöbliScreenplay
- Gergely ParádiOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- János KulkaPál Markó
- Zsolt NagyAndrás Jung
- Péter SchererEmil Kulcsár
- Gabriella HámoriÉva Gáti
- Péter HaumannColonel Rozgonyi
- Ferenc ElekImre Csapó
- András BaloghFerenc Dohány
- László SzélesVarga
- Áron DiményVígh
- Gábor HellebrandtFilmmaker Radnai
- Lehel KovácsPálmai
- Péter Haás VanderPriest
Stills
Themes
police statebudapest, hungaryco-workers relationshipinformantsecret policestalinism1950spolitical repressionchristmas eve