The 5th Hong Kong International Film Festival, part six
Part six of my review of what I saw at the Fifth Hong Kong International Film Festival covers a handful of Eastern European films which range across history and politics and into […]
Review: Allegro Barbaro (1979)
Director: Miklós Jancsó
Cast: György Cserhalmi, Czinkóczi Zsuzsa, Györgyi Tarján, Lajos Balázsovits, István Bujtor,
György Cserhalmi
Czinkóczi Zsuzsa
Györgyi Tarján
Lajos Balázsovits
István Bujtor
Plot: Zsadányi flees from the authorities with his goddaughter, Bankós Mari, and they escape into the forest. The film then skips ahead thirty-fold years: Zsadány and Mari are now lovers, with the sound of war in the background halting their romance. The old friends of Zsadányi have joined with the Nazis, and the landowner living with his peasants in a socialist community grows distant from them. Zsadányi is held responsible for political problems in the country, and will pay with his life.
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