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The Corporal and the Others
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Wikipedia article
'The Corporal and the Others' is a 1965 Hungarian comedy film directed by Mrton Keleti. The film was chosen to be part of the Budapest Twelve, a list of Hungarian films considered the best in 1968.
Cast
* Imre Sinkovits - Corporal Ferenc Molnr
* Ivn Darvas - Second Lieutenant Edurd Glfy
* Tams Major - Albert, a butler
* - Istvn Szjjrt, a Communist
* - Lieutenant Barknyi, an Arrow Cross Party member
* - Private Imre Gspr / Jnos Gspr
* Gyula Szab - Private Gyrgy Fekete / Kroly Fekete
* Lszl Mrkus - SS Obersturmfhrer
* - Gutnacht, a German SS officer
* - Grisha, a Russian soldier
* - the Forester
* - the Forester's Wife
* Gbor Agrdy - Commander of the Levente corps (a militaristic right-wing youth movement)
* Lszl Bnhidi - Sergeant Pl Suhajda
Plot
Somewhere in Hungary, in the last days of World War II, Corporal Ferenc Molnr is on the run on a motorbike. He has deserted his unit and taken its money with him. On his journey, he gathers around him a socially and politically diverse group of men whose aim is the same as his: Surviving the war.
Background
As a satirical comedy about the war - a novelty at the time - the film became an immediate commercial and critical sensation in mid-1960s Hungary and was seen by 2.2 million viewers. By putting a cunning everyman into the center of the plot, not heroical partisans, and satirizing all sides, this new type of war film spoke to many everyday Hungarians.
The quote 'Az oroszok mr a spjzban vannak!' (The Russians are already in the pantry!) immediately entered the spoken Hungarian language and has been used in many variations since then.Ibid.
Accolades
'Hungarian Film Festival' 1966:
* Main award for best film (together with 'Twenty Hours' ('Hsz ra') by Zoltn Fbry and 'My Way Home' ('gy jttem') by Mikls Jancs)
* Best male actor (Imre Sinkovits)
* Special Award of the Jury for best director (Mrton Keleti)
'Awards of the Hungarian Film Critics' 1965:cf. 'Film Sznhz Muzsika', 4 February 1966, p. 21.
* Special Award
* Best male actor (Imre Sinkovits)
References
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