The Round-Up (1966)

Original title

Szegénylegények

Directed by

Miklós Jancsó

Genre

drama film

Country

Hungary

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

15

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 75 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

After a failed uprising, a group of rebels are imprisoned in a fortress. The authorities use psychological manipulation and betrayal to extract confessions.

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What happens

The Round-Up (Hungarian: Szegénylegények, "Poor young men", i. e. outlaws) is a 1966 Hungarian film directed by Miklós Jancsó. Well received in its home country, it was Jancsó's first film to receive international acclaim. Today, many consider The Round-Up a classic of world cinema; it was selected to be screened in the Cannes Classics section of the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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