3 Movies Starring Andrea Drahota

Sodrèsban

Sodrèsban

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1964-04-02

Languages:

Hungarian

Countries:

Hungary

Runtime:

81 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (150 Reviews)

Director:

Istvèn Gaèl

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

A hot summer day six young men and two young women meet at the beach beside a deep river. After a while they go for a swim. At a point where the river is 8 meters deep, one of the boys gets the idea of diving to the bottom, and to bring up a handful of clay as a proof of the feat. The others follow his example. Back on dry land one of the girls suddenly wonders where Gabi is. When they figure out that no one has seen him coming up from the river, they get worried. Gabi's clothes are still on the beach, and they start searching for him along the banks and in the water. Finally they have to call the police, who start dragging the river. The corpse isn't found, and the following days Gabi's friends display different reactions to the loss. Some had unsettled matters with him, which now never can be solved. Some have already started to forget his face. At the third day the body is found. Summer is gone, and the circle of friends disbands. Some go to a bigger city for studies, while others have to stay in the small town and work. Left alone in inconsolable grief is Gabi's grandmother. Gabi's father died a long time ago, and now she has lost also her grandson, her only remaining support and joy in life.

Silence and Cry

Silence and Cry

Basic Info:

Languages:

Hungarian

Countries:

Hungary

Runtime:

73 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (311 Reviews)

Director:

Miklès Jancsè

Fullplot:

Miklès Jancsè's Silence and Cry is set during a turbulent era of disquiet, fear, persecution and terror, which permeates every corner of post-WWI Hungarian society. In 1919, after just a few months of communist rule the Hungarian Republic of Councils falls victim to a nationalist counter-revolution. Admiral Horthy, leader of the nationalist far right movement, becomes the self-proclaimed regent of Hungary, and assumes power as the legal Head of State. Soldiers of the short-lived Hungarian Red Army are now on the run from relentless secret policemen and patrol units of the nationalist Royal Gendarme. If caught, ex-Red Army soldiers are executed without mercy or proper trial. Istvèn Cserzi, a former soldier of the Red Army has fled to the Great Hungarian Plains and has taken refuge on a farm, which is run by two sympathetic women. Due to the generosity of these women and a former childhood pal, who is now a commandant of the local Royal Gendarme outfit, Istvèn is safely hidden from the ever-prying eyes of the secret policemen, who relentlessly roam the countryside searching for ex-Red Army men and their sympathisers. However, upon discovering that the women are secretly poisoning the mother-in-law and the husband, the legal owners of the farm, Istvèn must make the most difficult decision of his life. As a personal war is waging within his own consciousness over morality and self-preservation, Istvèn must decide whether to remain silent about the women's devious secret and preserve his own life, or to report their heinous crime to the Royal Gendarme, which would also mean certain death for him.

Red Psalm

Red Psalm

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1972-03-09

Languages:

Hungarian, English, Latin

Countries:

Hungary

Runtime:

87 min

IMDB Ratings:

(843 Reviews)

Director:

Miklès Jancsè

Fullplot:

Set in the 1890s on the Hungarian plains, a group of farm workers go on strike in-which they face harsh reprisals and the reality of revolt, oppression, morality and violence.

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