Zoltán Bezerédy – MRQE

C.K. dezerterzy

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Set in military barracks in a small town during World War I. The soldiers herded in the barracks are ‘politically suspect’ mix of characters from all over of the Austro-Hungarian Empire: Czechs, Jews, and even Italians, but officers in charge are Germans. A new lieutenant arrives with the mission to bring order to the unit. He is the sadist, enjoying humiliating the men. Fed up with his behaviour the lower ranks kidnap him one night and string him up in a public toilet. They also make sure that he fouls up during the inspection. Eventually the five ring leaders are imprisoned. They escape and end up in Budapest posing as guards as guards of veterinary surgeons. They are caught and sent back to face a court martial and their old tormentor.

Te rongyos élet

Tue, 02 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

The Hungarian Oh, Bloody Life reflects on the heavy emotional toll taken by the repressive Stalin regime. Dorotya Udvaros plays a young actress from a high-born family. The government bias against persons of wealth threatens to destroy her career before it begins. As a final blow, she is threatened with deportation. The exasperation inherent in the film’s title is only the tip of the iceberg.

Elveszett illúziók

Tue, 02 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Via the New York Times: “The Hungarian director Gyula Gazdag has transposed the middle section of Balzac’s “Lost Illusions” from Paris in the mid-19th century to the Budapest of 1968… it tells of Laszlo Sardi – Balzac’s Lucien Chardon – and his efforts to launch his literary career amid the snobbery and sophistication of a big city.”