Two Stories from the Recent Past (1979)
Károly Makk strings together two novellas by Tibor Déry. A téglafal mögött is set in the early 1950s. Comrade Bódi, an embittered party worker, reports his fellow workers who are stealing ‘the assets of the people’ from the factory. During the subsequent public investigation, one of them commits suicide. The camera of Makk tells the story of the period through the crumpled face of Jozef Króner, the blank, hopeless stare of Mari Törőcsik and images of a decaying factory site. In Philemon és Baucis, like in Szerelem, the subject of ageing is tied to the traumas of the 1950s. History turns the idyllic private life of an elderly couple (Elma Bulla and Antal Páger) upside down. The 1956 uprising sweeps an injured fighter their way. The old man helps as best he can while his wife desperately tries to save her husband…
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- What is Two Stories from the Recent Past about?
- Károly Makk strings together two novellas by Tibor Déry. A téglafal mögött is set in the early 1950s. Comrade Bódi, an embittered party worker, reports his fellow workers who are stealing ‘the assets of the people’ from the factory. During the subsequent public investigation, one of them commits suicide. The camera of Makk tells the story of the period through the crumpled face of Jozef Króner, the blank, hopeless stare of Mari Törőcsik and images of a decaying factory site. In Philemon és Baucis, like in Szerelem, the subject of ageing is tied to the traumas of the 1950s. History turns the idyllic private life of an elderly couple (Elma Bulla and Antal Páger) upside down. The 1956 uprising sweeps an injured fighter their way. The old man helps as best he can while his wife desperately tries to save her husband…
- Who directed Two Stories from the Recent Past?
- Two Stories from the Recent Past was directed by Károly Makk.
- Who stars in Two Stories from the Recent Past?
- Two Stories from the Recent Past stars István Avar, Mari Törőcsik, Elma Bulla, Antal Páger, Ferenc Bács, Jozef Kroner.
- How long is Two Stories from the Recent Past?
- Two Stories from the Recent Past has a runtime of 1h 36m (96 minutes).
- What genre is Two Stories from the Recent Past?
- Two Stories from the Recent Past is a Drama film.
- Where was Two Stories from the Recent Past produced?
- Two Stories from the Recent Past was produced in Hungary.