Directed by : Miklós JANCSÓ
Year of production : 1965 Country : HUNGARY Length : 88 minutes
The film which tells the capture of Sándor Rózsa's outlaws gives a picture of the techniques used by the despotic power of all times. In 1869, Count Gedeon Ráday is appointed government commissioner. His task is to ensure general security of property and to capture the outlaws following the 1848-49 War of Independence. Ráday does not prove to be fastidious and gentle about the tools he uses. The outlaws are taken to a castle prison called "The Trench" in the Puszta (Great Plain), and with cruel psychological methods, they are forced to betray their fellows. The former soldiers of Kossuth, leader of the Hungarian freedom fight, get trapped because of their pride and dignity.
Miklós JANCSÓ - Director
Gyula HERNADI - Script / Dialogue
Tamas BANOVICH - Set decorator
Zoltan FARKAS - Film Editor
Zoltan TOLDY - Sound
Tamas SOMLO - Director of Photography
Janos GORBE - János Gajdar
Zoltan LATINOVITS - Kakastollas I-Veszelka Imre
Tibor MOLNAR - Kabai Sr
Gabor AGARDY - Torma
Jozsef MADARAS - The one in the Hungarian garment
Andras KOZAK - Kabay Jr
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