The Hopeless Ones

Szegénylegények, feature film, 1965

DIRECTED BY: Miklós Jancsó

The Hopeless Ones

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