Overview

Set during a turbulent era of disquiet, fear, persecution and terror, which permeates every corner of post-WWI Hungarian society. In 1919, after just a few months of communist rule the Hungarian Republic of Councils falls victim to a nationalist counter-revolution. Admiral Horthy, leader of the nationalist far right movement, becomes the self-proclaimed regent of Hungary, and assumes power as the legal Head of State. Soldiers of the short-lived Hungarian Red Army are now on the run from relentless secret policemen and patrol units of the nationalist Royal Gendarme. If caught, ex-Red Army soldiers are executed without mercy or proper trial. István Cserzi, a former soldier of the Red Army has fled to the Great Hungarian Plains and has taken refuge on a farm, which is run by two sympathetic women.

Genres

Cast

Mari Törőcsik

Teréz

Zoltán Latinovits

Kémeri

József Madaras

Károly

Andrea Drahota

Anna

András Kozák

István

István Bujtor

Kovács II.

Ida Siménfalvy

Teréz' mother

János Koltai

Peasant

Sándor Siménfalvy

Old Peasant

Kornélia Sallay

Auntie Veronika

Mária Gór Nagy

Kis Veronika

János Görbe

The Shepherd