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Hungarian Rhapsody(1979 film)

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Hungarian Rhapsody
Directed byMiklós Jancsó
Written byMiklós Jancsó
Gyula Hernádi
StarringGyörgy Cserhalmi
CinematographyJános Kende
Edited byZsuzsa Csákány
Release date
  • 4 October 1979(1979-10-04)
Running time
103 minutes
CountryHungary
LanguageHungarian

Hungarian Rhapsody(Hungarian:Magyar rapszódia) is a 1979 Hungariandrama filmdirected byMiklós Jancsó.It was entered into the1979 Cannes Film Festival.[1]It wonGolden Peacock (Best Film)at the7th International Film Festival of India.

The film depicts "a peasant revolt in Hungary in the early twentieth century."[2]"Hungarian RhapsodyandAllegro Barbaro(both 1978) formed the first two parts of an uncompleted trilogy on the life of a nationalist executed in 1944 for his involvement in an anti-Hitler plot. Both were judged too parochial to travel abroad. ", commented theSydney Morning Heraldat the death of the director.[3]

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References

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  1. ^"Festival de Cannes: Hungarian Rhapsody".festival-cannes.Archived fromthe originalon 9 March 2012.Retrieved24 May2009.
  2. ^"Hungarian Rhapsody (Magyar rapszódia) 1979 in English Online".Eastern European Movies on English Online.Retrieved2 April2024.
  3. ^"Miklos Jancs: Experimental film-maker stumbled over his own innovations".The Sydney Morning Herald.7 February 2014.Retrieved2 April2024.
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