1945

"On a summer day in 1945, an Orthodox man and his grown son return to a village in Hungary while the villagers prepare for the wedding of the town clerk's son. The townspeople-- suspicious, remorseful, fearful, and cunning-- expect the worst and behave accordingly. The town clerk fears the...

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Other Authors: Török, Ferenc, 1971- (Screenwriter), Szánto, T. Gábor, 1966- (Screenwriter), Szemző, Tibor (composer (expression)), Ragályi, Elemér (director of photography.), Rudolf, Peter (Actor), Tasnádi, Bence, 1988- (Actor), Angelus, Iván (Actor), Nagy, Marcell, 1991- (Actor), Kimmel Szabó, Tamás (Actor), Sztarenki, Dóra (Actor), Szirtes, Ági, 1955- (Actor), Szarvas, József (Actor), Nagy-Kálózy, Eszter (Actor), Znamenák, István (Actor), Terhes, Sándor (Actor)
Format: Videos DVD
Language: Hungarian
English
Published: [Santa Monica, California] : Menemsha Films, [2018]
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Summary: "On a summer day in 1945, an Orthodox man and his grown son return to a village in Hungary while the villagers prepare for the wedding of the town clerk's son. The townspeople-- suspicious, remorseful, fearful, and cunning-- expect the worst and behave accordingly. The town clerk fears the men may be heirs of the village's deported Jews and expects them to demand their illegally acquired property back"--Container.
Item Description: Based on the short story "Hazatérés" by Gábor T. Szántó.
Special features: Q & A with Ferenc Török; trailers.
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (91 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Playing Time: 01:31:14
Format: DVD-R, wide screen (2.00:1); Dolby digital 2.0.
Audience: MPAA rating: Not rated.
Awards: Yad Vashem Chairman's Award, Jerusalem Film Festival; San Francisco Critics Circle Award, SF Jewish Film Festival.
Production Credits: Music, Tibor Szemző ; editor, Béla Barsi ; director of photography, Elemér Ragályi.