Hideg napok (1968)

Mail for translation. Hiteles tortenelmi dokumentumok, a magyar felmult tragikus esemenye elevenedik fel negy osszezart ember egymasnak ellentmondo, egymast kiegeszito... See full summary »

Director:

András Kovács

Writers:

Tibor Cseres (novel), András Kovács (screenplay)

Stars:

Zoltán Latinovits, Iván Darvas, Tibor Szilágyi

2 wins.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Zoltán Latinovits	...	Büky örnagy
Iván Darvas	...	Tarpataki föhajónagy
Tibor Szilágyi	...	Pozdor zászlós
Ádám Szirtes	...	Szabó tizedes
Margit Bara	...	Bükyné, Rózsa
Teri Horváth	...	Pénztárosnö
Irén Psota	...	Betti
Mari Szemes	...	Milena
Éva Vass	...	Edit
István Avar	...	Dorner tizedes
Tamás Major	...	Grassy ezredes
János Zách	...	Feketehalmy-Czeydner altábornagy
Gyula Benkö	...	Kászoni alezredes
András Ambrus	...	Büky legénye
Antal Farkas	...	Örmester a léknél

Storyline

Mail for translation. Hiteles tortenelmi dokumentumok, a magyar felmult tragikus esemenye elevenedik fel negy osszezart ember egymasnak ellentmondo, egymast kiegeszito vitajabol. A negy ember - egy Ludovikat vegzett, dzsentri vezerkari tiszt, egy lathatolag polgari szarmazasu fohadnagy, egy parasztgyerekbol lett zaszlos es egy ugyancsak paraszti szarmazasu tizedes - a katonai apparatus kulonbozo reszeikent- csavarjaikent, iranyitva vagy kozvetlen akciokkal vett reszt az ujvideki verengzesben. 1946-ban a nepbirosagi targyalast varva, cellajukban emlekeznek vissza az ot ev elotti 'hideg napokra'. A film az egyeni felelosseg kerdeset kutatja.

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Plot Keywords:

corporal | morality | winter | train | yugoslavia | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

Hungary

Language:

Hungarian

Release Date:

2 September 1968 (Sweden)

Also Known As:

Cold Days

Company Credits

Production Co:

MAFILM Stúdió 1

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Voted as one of the "12 Best Hungarian Films 1948-1968" by Hungarian filmmakers and critics ("Budapest 12") in 1969.

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Connections

Featured in Fejezetek a film történetéböl: A magyar film 1957-1970 (1990)

User Reviews

(See note below)

Set in 1946, this movie deals with the planning and execution of the January, 1942 Novi Sad massacre of 4,000 Yugoslavian Serbs and Jews by Hungarian army units. It was undertaken as a reprisal for a partisan ambush (in which 17 soldiers were gunned down). And it is mainly explored through the reminiscences of four participants--Major Buky, Lieutenant Tarpataki, Ensign Pozdor, and Corporal Szabonow--cell-mates awaiting trial. Ultimately, however, what you get is an extended debate over issues of individual responsibility.

(NOTE: This should be a plot summary since the existing one is not written in English. However, I cannot seem to access that category.)