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Szegénylegények

1966

In the years after Hungary's failed 1848 revolution, prisoners suspected of aiding the rebels are held at a bleak fortress on the plains, where their captors play a cold psychological game to root out the guerrillas among them. Miklós Jancsó's austere, influential classic.

Why it’s here

Miklos Jancso's Hungarian historical drama and a foundational modern Hungarian art film.