A pianist's silence becomes a weapon. His music? A death sentence. Love in the revolution's last gasp.
Andras Pulac, a young pianist, refuses to perform a concert in honor of a senior Soviet leader, as a sign of rebellion against the 1956 invasion of Hungary. His refusal, although he does not know it, harms the organizers of a demonstration against the communist cruelty, since his concert had been chosen like slogan. When Pulac finds out, he agrees to give the concert. Andras and Maria Kondor, the daughter of a communist journalist, are in love and decide to get married before the concert. Meanwhile, communist repression in the streets provokes the anger of the Hungarian people and gives rise to a real revolution.
Acting
Vicente Parra smolders as the reluctant revolutionary pianist
Direction
Isasi-Isasmendi channels Eisenstein in the crowd sequences
Score
Liszt riffs that literally die onscreen — devastating
Director
Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made by exiled Spanish Republicans in Argentina, the film smuggles their own anti-fascist trauma into Hungary's story — history rhyming across borders.
Lída Baarová, who plays the Soviet official, was Goebbels' mistress in real life — casting that adds layers of European moral ruin.
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