1945 (2017 film)
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| Directed by | Ferenc Török |
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| Cinematography | Elemér Ragályi |
| Edited by | Béla Barsi |
| Music by | Tibor Szemző |
Production company | Katapult Film |
| Distributed by | Katapult Film |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | Hungary |
| Language | Hungarian |
| Box office | $1 million[1] |
1945 is a 2017 Hungarian drama film directed by Ferenc Török[2] and co-written by Török and Gábor T. Szántó. It concerns two Jewish survivors of the Holocaust who arrive in a Hungarian village in August 1945, and the paranoid reactions of the villagers, some of whom fear that these and other Jews are coming to reclaim Jewish property.[3]
The film was screened in the Panorama section at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival and was awarded the 3rd place prize in the Panorama Audience Award.[4]
Cast[edit]
- Péter Rudolf as Mr. István
- Bence Tasnádi as Mr. Árpád
- Tamás Szabó Kimmel as Jancsi
- Dóra Sztarenki as Kisrózsi
- Ági Szirtes as Mrs. Kustár
- József Szarvas as Kustár András
- Eszter Nagy-Kálózy as Mrs. Szentes
- Iván Angelusz as Sámuel Hermann
- Marcell Nagy as Sámuel's son
- János Derzsi as War veteran
Reception[edit]
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 97%, based on 67 reviews, and an average rating of 7.7/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "1945 sifts through the aftermath of the Holocaust to offer a sober, well-crafted look at a variety of weighty themes."[5] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 73 out of 100, based on 13 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[6]
References[edit]
- ^ "1945 (2017)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
- ^ "1945". Miami Jewish Film Festival. 26 January 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
- ^ Rosenblatt, Jay (2017). "1945". Jewish Film Institute. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
- ^ Press Office (25 January 2017). "Panorama 2017 Programme Complete: Powerful European Auteur Cinema / Three Surprising Indie Gems from China and Hong Kong / Brazil Well-Represented with Five Films". Berlin International Film Festival. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
- ^ "1945 (2017)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
- ^ "1945 Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
External links[edit]
- 1945 at IMDb
- 1945 at Box Office Mojo
- 1945 at Rotten Tomatoes
- 1945 at Metacritic
