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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.
1945: Directed by Ferenc Török. With Péter Rudolf, Bence Tasnádi, Tamás Szabó Kimmel, Dóra Sztarenki. 12 August 1945, 11 AM. Two mysterious strangers dressed in black appear at the railway station of a Hungarian village. Within a few hours, everything changes.
Ferenc Török's 1945 takes place in a backward Hungarian village at the end of World War II, when liberating Russian soldiers are present. Based on Gábor T. Szántó's short story "Homecoming" and filmed in black and white with striking authentically, 1945 focuses on human morality and behavior.
On a summer day in 1945, an Orthodox man and his grown son return to a village in Hungary while the villagers prepare for the wedding of the town clerk's son. The townspeople – suspicious, remorseful, fearful, and cunning – expect the worst and behave accordingly.
31 paź 2017 · With 1945, director Ferenc Török turns Gabot T. Szanto’s short story into a sparse, moody film about the trenchant paranoia of post-WWII, and the anti-Semitism that pervaded Europe.
6 kwi 2018 · The older man (Ivan Angelus) and the younger one (Marcell Nagy), who seems to be his son, have arrived with two large boxes labeled “perfumes and cosmetics.” The older man gives his name as Herman Samuel, which does not match any of the town’s Jewish former residents.
12 August 1945, 11 AM. Two mysterious strangers, dressed in black, Jews, appear at the railway station of a Hungarian village. In the shadow of Russian occupation, the people of the village are preparing for the wedding of the son of the town clerk. The bride's former fiance returns from captivity. Within a few hours, everything changes.
