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Unruly Heyducks

1974 · 75 min

A rough, sunbaked frontier trek where loyalty and survival grind against each other across a divided land.

Directed by
Ferenc Kardos
Genres
War, Adventure
Starring
Djoko Rosic, Dragomir Felba, Ferenc Bencze
Overview
This film, set at the beginning of the 17th century, is the first East-European "Eastern". Bocskai István orders the free Heyducks to shepherd a huge herd of cattle through the country torn to three parts, to the Dalmatian coast, where he can get weapons in exchange, for fighting the Austrians.

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Directed by
Ferenc Kardos
Genres
War, Adventure
Starring
Djoko Rosic, Dragomir Felba, Ferenc Bencze
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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • loyalty
  • war
  • freedom
  • betrayal
Places
  • countryside
  • road trip
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror1
Humour3
Realism7
Romance1
Tension5
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
war, adventure
Directed by
Ferenc Kardos
Written by
Ferenc Kardos
Starring
Djoko Rosic, Dragomir Felba, Ferenc Bencze, Ion Bog, František Velecký, Doyne Bird, Juhász Jácint, Todor Todorov
Runtime
75 min
Country
Hungary
Languages
Hungarian

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