In the final days of the American Civil War, an emigre Hungarian military officer attempts to map the situation of the enemy. Many veterans of the 1848 War of Independence in Hungary fought on the northern side. Experienced Fiala, Boldogh who struggles with homesickness and the reckless Vereczky all experience their enforced emigration in different ways and news of impending peace elicits different reactions from them all. Gábor Bódy’s film is a thoroughly experimental work, constantly surprising and disorienting the viewer, posing serious questions, with a unique style of expression and perspective.
Director: Gábor Bódy.
Writers: Ambrose Bierce (short story), Gábor Bódy (screenplay), Sándor Csoóri (poem), János Fiala (diary), Gyula Kúné (diary), Karl Marx (article), László Teleki (letter), Walt Whitman (poem), László Árvay (diary).
Stars: Sándor Csutoros, György Cserhalmi, András Fekete, Jenõ Balaskó, László Benke, Gáspár Ferdinándy, Gyula Hornyanszky, Ferenc Jánossy, Ilona Keserû, Martha Lampland, György Sándor, Dénes Ujlaky, Éva Vándor.
Cinematographers: István Lugossy, Gábor Bódy (uncredited), Péter Tímár (uncredited).
Composer: Ferenc Sebö.
1976 Mannheim-Heidelberg International Filmfestival – Winner of the Grand Prize.
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Watched the first hour of this tonight, will finish it tomorrow. That shouldn’t really happen on an outing of just some 90 minutes, but was a measure of the experience.. Style is experimentalist — but to a fault. Certainly different, and that’s commendable to an extent, but I was finding it more tedious than compelling, so far, an effort to stick with it attentively. (Or maybe I’m just tired . . . . ) Music used on the soundtrack is overdone, too often distracting in not so appropriate ways. Wondering WHY too much of the dialog sounds robotic, metallic, almost as if delivered by Cylons. (From *before* they evolved to human guise.) Poor sound recording ? Plenty of dubious choices by the filmmaker, in my estimation.