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The Round-up

Wednesday 26 November 2008

Venue:
Rochester Independent College's Gainsborough Conference Centre.


Film: The Round-up
Certificate: 15
Running time: 90 Minutes
Year: 1966
Country: Hungary

Awards
Cannes Film Festival: 1966 Nominated Golden Palm Miklós Jancsó

Director: Miklós Jancsó
Writer: Gyula Hernádi
Producers: István Daubner and András Németh  

Cast: János Görbe, Zoltán Latinovits, Tibor Molnár, Gábor Agárdi    


Synopsis

A profound influence on filmmakers from Sergio Leone to Béla Tarr, The Round-Up is widely acknowledged as a masterpiece of world cinema.

Set in a detention camp in Hungary 1869, at a time of guerrilla campaigns against the ruling Austrians, Jancsó deliberately avoids conventional heroics to focus on the persecution and dehumanization manifest in a time of conflict.

Filmed in Hungary’s desolate and burning landscape, Jancsó uses his formidable technique to create a remarkable and terrifying picture of war and the abuse of power that still speaks to audiences today.

Links:

Internet Movie Database on The Round-up

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Round Up

"People need to see Jancsó's really beautiful three or four first movies. The highest mountain is The Round-Up..."

Béla Tarr


"No one has tried quite the same thing in the same way, and that is Jancsó's most formidable legacy"

Derek Malcolm