The Exam

Name: The Exam
Uploaded: 2011-10-13T00:00:00.000Z
Duration: 89 min
Description: Budapest, Hungary, Christmas 1957. The state, insecure after the defeated revolution of 1956 and increasingly put under the influence of a renewed Stalinist atmosphere, has decreed that all security officials must pass an exam to verify their loyalty. But to be actually effective in a shadowy world where suspicion and secrets reign, the subjects must be unaware that they are being tested.

6.90
January 2011
89 min

Budapest, Hungary, Christmas 1957. The state, insecure after the defeated revolution of 1956 and increasingly put under the influence of a renewed Stalinist atmosphere, has decreed that all security officials must pass an exam to verify their loyalty. But to be actually effective in a shadowy world where suspicion and secrets reign, the subjects must be unaware that they are being tested.

Type:
MOVIE
Country:
HU
Genres:
Drama, History, Thriller
Release:
October 2011
Production:
Uniofilm
Cast:
János Kulka, Zsolt Nagy, Péter Scherer, Gabriella Hámori, Péter Haumann, Ferenc Elek, András Balogh, László Széles, Áron Dimény, Gábor Hellebrandt, Lehel Kovács, Péter Haás Vander, Mihály Szabados, János Papp, Pap Vera, Anita Tóth, Varga Mária, Tamás Dvorák
Tags:
police state, budapest, hungary, co-workers relationship, informant, secret police, stalinism, 1950s, political repression, christmas eve

The Exam

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