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Madness

Name: Madness
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 1969
Duration: 79 min

Hullumeelsus

1969 · 79 min · Comedy

Late in World War II, a Nazi commando enters a mental hospital in a manor house to liquidate the patients on a tip that an enemy agent is hiding among them — forcing a chilling game of telling the sane from the mad. A tense psychological drama.

Runtime: 79 min
Genre: Comedy · Drama
Mood: funny · thoughtful · dark
Entry: some context
Best for: shorter watch · a lighter route · film history

Content notes: war or political violence Non-exhaustive

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Part of 10 Essential Estonian Films

This film is stop 4 of 10 in the hand-ranked native-cinema route through Estonia. See the complete ranking or read the selection methodology.

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