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The Tragedy of Man

Original title: Az ember tragédiája
  • 2011
  • PG
  • 2h 40m
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The Tragedy of Man (2011)
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Adam's and Eve's epic journey throughout history trying to find the meaning of human life. Do we grow in wisdom as centuries pass, or just drift towards an inevitable doom?Adam's and Eve's epic journey throughout history trying to find the meaning of human life. Do we grow in wisdom as centuries pass, or just drift towards an inevitable doom?Adam's and Eve's epic journey throughout history trying to find the meaning of human life. Do we grow in wisdom as centuries pass, or just drift towards an inevitable doom?

  • Director
    • Marcell Jankovics
  • Writers
    • Marcell Jankovics
    • Imre Madách
  • Stars
    • Gyula Balázsi
    • Péter Benkö
    • Ágnes Bertalan
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    • Director
      • Marcell Jankovics
    • Writers
      • Marcell Jankovics
      • Imre Madách
    • Stars
      • Gyula Balázsi
      • Péter Benkö
      • Ágnes Bertalan
    • 5User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
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    Gyula Balázsi
      Péter Benkö
        Ágnes Bertalan
        • Éva
        • (voice)
        Péter Blaskó
        • Catullus
        • (voice)
        • …
        Ferenc Borbiczky
        • Második a népböl
        • (voice)
        • …
        Gyula Buss
          János Bácskai
          • Szeretö társa
          • (voice)
          • …
          László Csurka
          • Krispos
          • (voice)
          • …
          Gábor Csíkos
            Iván Dengyel
            • Harmadik a népböl
            • (voice)
            • …
            Andrea Fullajtár
            • Cluvia
            • (voice)
            • …
            Géza D. Hegedüs
              Barbara Hegyi
              • Hippia
              • (voice)
              • …
              István Koncz
              • Elsö demagóg
              • (voice)
              • …
              Péter Korbuly
              • Géphang
              • (voice)
              Ádám Lux
              • Második demagóg
              • (voice)
              • …
              Tünde Majsai-Nyilas
              • Társnö
              • (voice)
              Piroska Molnár
              Piroska Molnár
              • Föld szelleme
              • (voice)
              • Director
                • Marcell Jankovics
              • Writers
                • Marcell Jankovics
                • Imre Madách
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              • Trivia
                Like the famous Hungarian play which it is based on, this movie has 15 acts. All acts were made with different animation and art styles, corresponding to their historical eras.
              • Alternate versions
                The film's scenes were released individually throughout the 1990s and 2000s. These featured different voice actors, for instance Gyula Balázsi in the role of Lucifer and Péter Benkö as Adam. Director Marcell Jankovics referred to the preliminary audio track as erroneous and sounding like a radio play.
              • Connections
                References The Seven Year Itch (1955)

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              10/10
              One of the deepest movies ever made
              Based on the play form Imre Madach written in 1861, one of the major works of Hungarian literature. An amazingly deep play that is often compared with Milton's "Paradise lost" and Dante's "Divine comedy".

              The scope fo the original play is inmense, deeply philosophical and incredibly rich in simbological and historical meaning. It goes from different stages of humanity with Adam, Eve and Lucifer and in each stage humanity's spirit strives for purpose in it's constant struggle. So it has already from the beginning a source material that is absolutely top notch literature.

              Then comes Marcell Jankovics and makes this insane project, adapting this play in almost 30 years of work into a feature lenght movie.

              And what a movie it is! Every single moment you eyes and ears are bombarded with constant information. If you are into ancient history, philosophy, existencialism, religion, art history... you're gonna love it.

              Every single historical period is represented in the original style from the era, and it keeps mutating and transforming in front of your eyes. Every change and symbol that appears adds to the enormous amount of information.

              So, I deeply encourage everyone to see it. Just try to be very awake cause there's a lot to take in.
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              • Release date
                • December 8, 2011 (Hungary)
              • Country of origin
                • Hungary
              • Official site
                • Official site (Hungary)
              • Language
                • Hungarian
              • Also known as
                • Трагедия человека
              • Production companies
                • Arteam Produkciós Iroda
                • FocusFox Studio
                • Intersound
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              • Runtime
                2 hours 40 minutes
              • Color
                • Color
              • Aspect ratio
                • 1.33 : 1

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