Hungarian oligarchs implode spectacularly in this forgotten 1969 grotesque satire.
This grotesque historical film is a caricature of the narrow-minded and careerist oligarchs of the 20s. A young military officer stops the young jurist from killing himself and recommends him to his commander, lieutenant-colonel Doborján as a typist.
Acting
Tomanek's Doborján: petty tyrant made flesh.
Direction
Máriássy frames power like a suffocating trap.
Director
Félix Máriássy
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during Hungary's 'soft censorship' era—Máriássy disguised contemporary Communist elite critique as 1920s oligarch satire. Audiences knew exactly who he meant.
Margit Bara was Hungary's biggest star; her casting as morally compromised Anada scandalized purists who wanted heroines, not women who survive.
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