CAST:
György Cserhalmi,
 Lajos Balazsovits,
 Gabor Koncz

SCRIPT:
Miklós Jancsó,
Gyula Hernádi

PHOTOGRAPHY:
János Kende

Synopsis:
Istvans story, begun in the film Hungarian Rhapsody, continues in this one. The first film ended shortly after the close of WW I, when Istvan questioned his loyalty to the social class of his father, a landowner, and began to support the peasants. At the beginning of this film, Istvan joins the peasants. As the story progresses, he realizes that he is headed in the opposite direction of his family and the social class he once belonged to… Hungarian Rhapsodyand Allegro barbaro were the two most expensive Hungarian films of their time. They resulted in catastrophe for their director – neither the public nor the critics approved of them. Because of this, Miklós Jancsó never finished his Hungarian history trilogy.

color, 74 min