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Andrea Drahota | ... | Nagy Mária, szocialista |
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Gyöngyi Bürös | ... | Ráczné, szocialista |
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Erzsi Cserhalmi | ... | Galambos lány, szocialista |
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Mari Csomós | ... | Cselédlány |
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Ilona Gurnik | ... | Paraszt asszony |
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Éva Spányik | ... | Fehérkendõs halottsirató asszony |
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Zsuzsa Ferdinándy | ... | Grófnõ |
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József Madaras | ... | Hegedüs Bálint, szocialista |
Lajos Balázsovits | ... | Fiatal tiszt | |
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Tibor Orbán | ... | Pongrácz András, szocialista |
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Jácint Juhász | ... | Tóth Ferenc, szocialista |
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András Bálint | ... | Majláth gróf |
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Bertalan Solti | ... | Öreg Hegedüs |
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Tibor Molnár | ... | Lovas Imre, szocialista |
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János Koltai | ... | Szocialista |
Set in the 1890s on the Hungarian plains, a group of farm workers go on strike in-which they face harsh reprisals and the reality of revolt, oppression, morality and violence.
It was the first time i encounter a Hungarian filmmaker when i watched, by mistake Red psalm.
The movie surprised me on many layers Beyond all the expectations that i had before i watched it: An exceptional treatment of the image and the cinematography. With only 27 cuts, Jansco manages with his moving camera and his choreographed scenes to tell a story that is so transparent, so poetic, and so close to the heart.
A small group of farm workers, some songs and some rifles, thats all what took jansco to make a fascinating movie, although one can argue that the communist manifestation in the movie is direct, but one must not forget the environment and the mentality through which a group of farm workers in a simple field in the Hungarian countryside may accept or refuse a way of thinking and of acting, the thing that the director was aware of completely.
The dancing, the songs, the movements, and the theatrical monologues, all in all , even the name , "Red Psalm" and its sweet resonance in the ear as much as the movie is pleasing for the eye, all those factors make the movie rather a sweet love poem, a piece of poetry that teaches love, revolt and solidarity,
Chapeau Mr. Miklos !