Hungarian Rhapsody (1979)

Original title

Magyar rapszódia

Directed by

Miklós Jancsó

Genre

drama film

Country

Hungary

Runtime

1h 43m

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 10 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A peasant revolt breaks out in early twentieth century Hungary. The film follows a nationalist who is executed in 1944 for his role in a plot against Hitler.

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What happens

Hungarian Rhapsody (Hungarian: Magyar rapszódia) is a 1979 Hungarian drama film directed by Miklós Jancsó. It was entered into the 1979 Cannes Film Festival. It won Golden Peacock (Best Film) at the 7th International Film Festival of India. The film depicts "a peasant revolt in Hungary in the early twentieth century." "Hungarian Rhapsody and Allegro Barbaro (both 1978) formed the first two parts of an uncompleted trilogy on the life of a nationalist executed in 1944 for his involvement in an anti-Hitler plot. Both were judged too parochial to travel abroad.", commented the Sydney Morning Herald at the death of the director. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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