The Hopeless Ones
Szegénylegények, feature film, 1965
DIRECTED BY: Miklós Jancsó
CAST:
Janos Gorbe,
Tibor Molnar,
Andras Kozak
SCRIPT:
Gyula Hernádi
PHOTOGRAPHY:
Tamás Somló
Synopsis:
This drama is based on a true story about the capture and liquidation of Kossuths followers in 1848. After police tracked suspects, they arrested and submitted them to extreme psychological torture…This film was made in the manner of a modern documentary and was shown at the Cannes film festival in 1966, after which it achieved great international success.
b/w, 90 min