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Allegory of the suppression of the 1919 revolution and the advent of fascism in Hungary; in the countryside, a unit of the revolutionary army spares the life of father Vargha, a fanatical priest. He comes back and leads massacres. A new force, represented by Feher, apparently avenges the people, but only to impose a different, more refined and effective kind of repression.Read moreLess
Allegory of the suppression of the 1919 revolution and the advent of fascism in Hungary; in the countryside, a unit of the revolutionary army spares the life of father Vargha, a fanatical priest. He comes back and leads massacres. A new force, represented by Feher, apparently avenges the people, but only to impose a different, more refined and effective kind of repression.
The story
Allegory of the suppression of the 1919 revolution and the advent of fascism in Hungary; in the countryside, a unit of the revolutionary army spares the life of father Vargha, a fanatical priest. He comes back and leads massacres. A new force, represented by Feher, apparently avenges the people, but only to impose a different, more refined and effective kind of repression.
Cast & crew
József MadarasVargha páter
Daniel OlbrychskiA hegedülõ
Márk ZalaMárk atya
Lajos BalázsovitsA kanonok
Jaroslava SchallerováA fiatal anya
Anna SzélesSzõke lány
István BujtorA darutollas
András KozákA vitézkötéses-knight / Vargha's adviser
István AvarKerekesExplore the crew
- Director
- Miklós Jancsó
- Writer
- Miklós Jancsó
- Writer
- Gyula Hernádi
- Editor
- Zoltán Farkas
- Director of Photography
- János Kende