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Directed by:
Miklós JancsóScreenplay:
Gyula HernádiCinematography:
János KendeCast:
György Cserhalmi, Lajos Balázsovits, Gábor Koncz, Udo Kier, István Bujtor, József Madaras, Anikó Sáfár, Zsuzsa Czinkóczi, István Kovács, Imre Sarlai (more)Plots(1)
This liturgical-surrealistic parable evokes the model-like events of the second decade of the century as reflected by the inner spiritual transformation of Zsadányi István, inspired by the figure of Bajcsy-Zsilinszky Endre. The young Zsadányi brothers of licentious habits kill the peasant leader Baksa András because he had humiliated their father. The fiercely nationalist István fights through World War I and in the following era of White Terror becomes a racist detachment officer and a Member of Parliament. After a lost battle, ridden by visions, he has his most devoted followers butchered. A mystical and fanatic love of freedom and the land turns him gradually to the common people. He leaves for the Baksa farm to face the son of the murdered old Baksa and the fate that awaits him. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Erzsi Cserhalmi
Hungary
Best movies:
Recovery (1974)
Allegro Barbaro (1979)
Ants' Nest (1971)
Balázs Blaskó
Hungary
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Allegro Barbaro (1979)
Hungarian Rhapsody (1979)
János Dóczy
Best movies:
Allegro Barbaro (1979)
Hungarian Rhapsody (1979)
Miklós Dimulász
Hungary
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6:3 (1999)
Hungarian Rhapsody (1979)
György Gonda ifj.
Kingdom of Hungary
Best movies:
Allegro Barbaro (1979)
Diary for My Children (1984)
Hungarian Rhapsody (1979)
Bence Galkó
Hungary
Best movies:
Allegro Barbaro (1979)
Hungarian Rhapsody (1979)
![Ildikó Hámori](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/120/163120240_0fd7af.jpg)
Ildikó Hámori
Hungary
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Allegro Barbaro (1979)
Hungarian Rhapsody (1979)
X - The eXploited (2018)
Sándor Halmágyi
Hungary
Best movies:
For Those I Loved (1983)
Allegro Barbaro (1979)
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![István Hunyadkürthy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/455/162455747_535947.jpg)
István Hunyadkürthy
Hungary
Best movies:
Dog's Night Song (1983)
Citizen X (1995) (TV movie)
Allegro Barbaro (1979)
Erzsi Hegedűs
Kingdom of Hungary
Best movies:
Allegro Barbaro (1979)
Hungarian Rhapsody (1979)
Mátyás Usztics
Hungary
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Angi Vera (1979)
Willy the Sparrow (1989)
The Tragedy of Man (2011)
Gábor Kiss
Kingdom of Hungary
Best movies:
The Fifth Seal (1976)
Bald-Dog-Rock (1981)
Love (1971)
![Miklós Székely B.](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/334/162334174_ad931d.jpg)
Miklós Székely B.
Hungary
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Satantango (1994)
Twilight (1990)
Damnation (1988)
János Xantus
Hungary
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Mephisto (1981)
Hanussen (1988)
Allegro Barbaro (1979)
![János Derzsi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/448/448893_2a100a.jpg)
János Derzsi
Hungary
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Dog's Night Song (1983)
Narcissus and Psyche (1980)
Satantango (1994)
László Németh
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Twilight (1990)
Angi Vera (1979)
Allegro Barbaro (1979)
Laura Bökönyi
Hungary
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Angi Vera (1979)
Allegro Barbaro (1979)
Hungarian Rhapsody (1979)
Éva Deák
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Angi Vera (1979)
Allegro Barbaro (1979)
Hungarian Rhapsody (1979)
István Forró
Best movies:
Allegro Barbaro (1979)
Hungarian Rhapsody (1979)
Ágnes Kamondy
Best movies:
Allegro Barbaro (1979)
Hungarian Rhapsody (1979)
Eskimo Woman Feels Cold (1984)