Kincsem - Bet on Revenge (2017)

Ernõ Blaskovich lost everything after the Hungarian Revolution of 1848. Kincsem, a magnificent horse gives a purpose of his meaningless, self-destructing life. He gets a chance to gain everything back: revenge, love and fame.

Director:

Gábor Herendi

Writers:

Bálint Hegedûs (screenplay), Gábor Herendi

Stars:

Ervin Nagy, Andrea Petrik, Tibor Gáspár

2 wins & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Ervin Nagy	...	Ernõ Blaskovich
Andrea Petrik	...	Klara von Oettingen
Tibor Gáspár	...	Otto von Oettingen
József Gyabronka	...	Róbert Hesp
Tamás Keresztes	...	Gerlóczy
Ernõ Fekete	...	Emperor Franz Joseph I
Péter Scherer	...	Berger
Zoltán Rátóti	...	Bertalan Blaskovich
Lehel Kovács	...	Mike Madden
Zalán Makranczi	...	Franz von Vogel
Mónika Balsai	...	Hédike
Kati Lázár	...	Madame
Zoltán Seress	...	Alexander II of Russia
Zoltán Schneider	...	Count Farkaslaky
János Papp	...	Uncle Samu

Storyline

Ernõ Blaskovich lost everything after the Hungarian Revolution of 1848. Kincsem, a magnificent horse gives a purpose of his meaningless, self-destructing life. He gets a chance to gain everything back: revenge, love and fame.

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Plot Keywords:

horse | horse racing | 1870s | champion horse | racehorse | 

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Genres:

Adventure | Drama | History | Romance

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Did You Know?

Trivia

Kincsem is supposed to be a mare (a female horse), but if you look closely, in some shots, the filmmakers had to use a colt (male horse).

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Quotes

Ernõ Blaskovich: I'll make a racehorse out of her.

User Reviews

I don't get the love...

This movie was very well-received in Hungary, but after the trailers I already knew that I won't pay for it. It just looked cheap without taste. The hype couldn't fool me. Tonight, when I saw it on HBO, I just... couldn't get it. How can people really like this film? It has such primitive angles and camerawork, like in a telenovella 10 years ago; a script is a hungarian fake historical soap opera; the costumes 'hungarosteampunk' or what - well, for the creativity I would give it a pass, if it didn't look soooo cheaaap, like made of plastik. The actors and actresses did what they could with the material, which of course couldn't be much.

Maybe the love for this film comes from sentimental patriotism, I can't believe anyone could seriously appreciate this fim, who isn't hungarian. The patriotism of the movie is so cheap and foced it is ridiculous - just like the austrians fake mustache, who are obviously the parody of themselves The only likeable charakter is the Horse, who is cool, because...horses are cool. You just can't mess up that one. Just everything else...

Details

Official Sites:

Hungarian National Film Fund [Hungary] Official Facebook

Country:

Hungary

Language:

Hungarian English

Release Date:

16 March 2017 (Hungary)

Also Known As:

Aposta na Vingança

Box Office

Budget:

HUF3,000,000,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$2,462,699

Company Credits

Production Co:

Café Film, DRP, SKYFILM Studio Ltd.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

121 min

Sound Mix:

D-Cinema 48kHz 5.1

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39:1