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The Round Up [1966]
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Another Essential DVD Release
Review date: 2008-07-15 Rating: 10 out of 10
Along with 'The Red and the White' by the same director and also released by Second Run DVD, this film is a must-have for any serious collector of world cinema. Made in Communist Hungary in 1966, it is about Hungarian prisoners rounded up by the Austrians one hundred years earlier, and held in a stockade set within a barren landscape. The themes of unjust imprisonment, oppression by a foreign country, and the powerlessness of the individual are all present here and must have carried immense power at the time the film was made.
Many of the scenes in this strange film are in medium to long shots, across the flat landscape, and of groups of men inside the stockade. There are countless shots of great beauty and the pace is quite slow. As such the drama is almost abstract at times, and it's difficult to identify with many of the characters. The ending however, is very dramatic and deeply shocking.
The DVD includes a lengthy interview with Jancso and the print of the film is very sharp.
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Reviews
A masterpiece
Review date: 2008-07-01 Rating: 10 out of 10
It's almost unfathomable that a filmmaker like Miklos Jancso is virtually unknown here. His films are incredible, painful, beautiful. Like an Eastern European Sergio Leone, his films are both epic and intimate.
THE ROUND-UP is (possibly) his finest film - set in a Hungarian detention camp in 1869, it unflinchingly demostrates the dehumanising effect of war and abuse of power.
Powerful, visually stunning and above all relevant - this is a film that should not be missed by lovers of cinema.
Product Details/Specifications
Actor(s):
Zoltan Latinovits
Tibor Molnar
Janos Gorbe
Andras Kozak
Gabor Agardi
Creators:
Janos Gorbe (Primary Contributor)
Tibor Molnar (Primary Contributor)
Director(s):
Recording label: Second Run
Manufacturer: Second Run
EAN: 5060114150225
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 1
Format: Black & White, PAL,
Release date: 2008-03-17
Aspect ratio: 1.77:1
Audience rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Region code: 2
Running time: 87 minutes
Theatrical release date: 1966
Language: English (Subtitled)
Language: Hungarian (Original Language)