Angi Vera . Vera's Training
Duration: 01:36:00 Angi Vera, as a promising young woman, gets invited to a Communist training center to undergo the next level of indoctrination into Party life. She begins to realize how people get ahead in the Party: by saying things they don't mean but think are politically correct; by beco...
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| Institution: | Open Society Archives at Central European University |
| Language: | Hungarian |
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Hungarofilm ; Mafilm ; Objektív Filmstúdió
1979
Hungary |
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10891/osa:17bb5da6-b6bb-4827-9d24-83fbb32c987b |
| Summary: | Duration: 01:36:00
Angi Vera, as a promising young woman, gets invited to a Communist training center to undergo the next level of indoctrination into Party life. She begins to realize how people get ahead in the Party: by saying things they don't mean but think are politically correct; by becoming friends with Party dignitaries, even if you don't like them; by being seen as a dedicated worker (as opposed to actually being a dedicated worker). This movie shows the transformation of a young, brave rebel into a calculating Party apparatchik in Cold War Hungary. For anyone who views Communism as a tragedy, this is an unforgettable human illustration of how that tragedy happens. In its day, it was shocking for its penetrating indictment of the communist system, since it came from a communist-run country and was, indeed, financed by the state film agency of that country. |
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| Published: | 1979 |