Szökés (1997)

Five years after Word War II Hungarian people are secretly arrested and taken to a labour camp without any judicial sentence. During the early 1950's the very existence of the camp for ... See full summary »

Director:

Lívia Gyarmathy

Writers:

Géza Böszörményi, Gyula Marosi

Stars:

Daniel Olbrychski, Ádám Rajhona, Zoltán Rátóti

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Daniel Olbrychski	...	Nagy fõhadnagy,a recski tábor politikai parancsnoka
Ádám Rajhona	...	Nagy fõhadnagy (voice)
Zoltán Rátóti	...	Gyula Molnár (voice)
Artur Zmijewski	...	Molnár Gyula,a Szövetséges Ellenõrzõ Bizottság tolmácsa,recski fogoly
Attila Epres	...	Õri (voice)
Krzysztof Kolberger	...	Õri,fogolytárs
Dariusz Kurzelewski	...	Mózes, fogolytárs
András Stohl	...	Mózes (voice)
Zsolt László	...	Haraszti,fogolytárs
Ádám Schnell
Barna Illyés
János Dégi
Judit Pogány	...	Micike, a fõhadnagy gépírónõje
Barbara Hegyi	...	Jacqueline
Gyula Bodrogi	...	The General

Storyline

Five years after Word War II Hungarian people are secretly arrested and taken to a labour camp without any judicial sentence. During the early 1950's the very existence of the camp for political prisoners at Recsk was one of the Hungarian communist regime's deepest secrets. Escape From Recsk tells the story of the only person who ever managed to escape successfully from Recsk - Hungary's most notorious prison camp. He cherishes his hope by memorizing the names of fellow prisoners. The disclosure of the names of these prisoners in the West revealed the existence of the camp to the world and started the process that eventually led to dismantling the gulag camps in Central East Europe. Escape From Recsk captures the atmosphere of paranoia, humiliation and degradation that prevailed throughout the Stalinist gulag system. Even the guards do not trust each other in this nightmare world where betrayal is the only currency for purchasing small favours, and even life.

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Plot Keywords:

1950s | 

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Genres:

Drama | History

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Details

Official Sites:

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Country:

Hungary Poland Germany

Language:

Hungarian

Release Date:

13 February 1997 (Hungary)

Also Known As:

Escape from Recsk

Company Credits

Production Co:

BGB Film, MTM Cineteve, Studio Filmowe Oko

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Color:

Black and White Color