Kárhozat . Damnation
Duration: 01:56:00 While at the time of its making, before the fall of the Berlin wall, the film was widely understood as the representation of the last days of communism, however there is more to it than that: it is about the hopelessness of human existence, and not only in an evil society. In the...
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| Institution: | Open Society Archives at Central European University |
| Language: | Hungarian |
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Magyar Filmintézet ; Mokép
1987
Hungary |
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10891/osa:1da132c6-3919-4fd0-b909-ea37872a18b7 |
| Summary: | Duration: 01:56:00
While at the time of its making, before the fall of the Berlin wall, the film was widely understood as the representation of the last days of communism, however there is more to it than that: it is about the hopelessness of human existence, and not only in an evil society. In the unspecified mining town in Hungary it has been raining for days, stray dogs fight among the dilapidated buildings. There are no birds on the dull grey sky and the buckets of the mine run squeaking disagreeably. The protagonists Karrer, Sebestyén and his wife are pathetically vegetating void beings. One day Karrer is hired by the bar owner to do a smuggling trip but he lets the job to Sebestyén, the husband of the singer Karrer longs for. |
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| Published: | 1987 |