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  • János Herskó – Szevasz, Vera AKA Hello, Vera (1967)

    1961-1970ArthouseDramaHungaryJános Herskó

    Oh, the good old days when youth built socialism at summer camps and their own “careers”, because college was a good time for taking part in community service. Vera goes to Lake Balaton to go to a peach gathering camp with her lover, Gyurka, who goes to the shores of the Hungarian Sea to film all her friends.Read More »

  • Miklós Szinetár – Az ember tragédiája AKA The Tragedy of Man (1969)

    2011-2020AnimationDramaHungaryMarcell Jankovics

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    “The Tragedy of Man (Hungarian: Az ember tragédiája) written by Imre Madách was first published in 1861. The play is considered one of the major works in Hungarian literature and has earned a place in the national consciousness in that it is not only performed regularly in Hungary today but dialogue from the piece is often quoted and referred to.

    Starting with the expulsion from the Garden of Eden, the three main characters; Adam, Eve and Lucifer travels through history, playing their roles, from Ancient Egypt through the nineteenth century, into a distant and uncertain future. In each era the merits of the human race are presented by Adam, who believes in mankind and human achievement. But it is Lucifer, as the role of his servant or confidant, who exposes his dreams as ones built on injustice and misery.
    Eve appears often as a temporary restorative for Adams disappointment in the failures of mankind.Read More »

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