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1945

By Ferenc TÖRÖK

EDINBURGH FILMHOUSE LTD - as DISTR Theatrical, UNITED KINGDOM

Jewish - Completed 2017

Two mysterious strangers dressed in black appear at a Hungarian village. Within a few hours, everything changes.

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Edinburgh 2017
Berlinale 2017
Panorama
Budapest Titanic IFF 2017
Audience Award
Chattanooga Jewish Film Series 2017
Audience Award
Miami Jewish Film Festival 2017
Audience Award
Chattanooga Jewish Film Series 2017
Audience Award
Washington Jewish Film Festival 2017
Audience Award
Jewish Film Festival Berlin-Brandenburg 2017
Best Director Prize
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    • Year of production
    • 2017
    • Genres
    • Jewish, Drama
    • Countries
    • HUNGARY
    • Languages
    • HUNGARIAN, RUSSIAN
    • Duration
    • 91 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Ferenc TÖRÖK
    • Writer(s)
    • Gábor T. SZÁNTÓ, Ferenc TÖRÖK
    • Producer(s)
    • Klaudia ANDROSOVITS (HUNGARIAN NATIONAL FILM FUND - FILM ARCHIVE)
    • Synopsis
    • When two black clad men arrive at a country railway station, a classic western set up appears to be unfolding. But it’s 1945 in Soviet-occupied Hungary in the immediate aftermath of World War II, and by their appearance the men are Orthodox Jews. As the two men make their way to town and word of their arrival spreads, there’s a growing panic amongst some of the more prominent townsfolk - especially town clerk, István, whose son’s wedding is later that day…

      This difficult, transitional time in Hungary is a period rarely dealt with in cinema, and certainly not with as much clarity, economy and nuance as Ferenc Török displays here. A rare subject too, the grave and sobering issue of how the Gentile population of Nazi-occupied countries behaved towards Jewish neighbours, and how they have, or haven’t, variously, come to terms with a life based on guilt and betrayal. With its monochrome splendour and striking soundtrack, morally compromised townspeople and its tick-tock narrative towards an unknown conclusion, we’re reminded of nothing more than Fred Zinnemann’s taut and masterful High Noon.
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