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Stand Off

1989 · 110 min

A slow-burning, claustrophobic hostage drama that feels tense and morally serious, with a bleak Eastern European atmosphere.

Overview
In a border town two sons of the local commander using stolen arms take hostages of eighteen girls in a dormitory, because they want to go West by plane.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • isolation
  • freedom
  • power
  • violence
  • survival
Places
  • small town
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour1
Realism8
Romance0
Tension8
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Gyula Gazdag
Written by
Gyula Gazdag, Antal Végh
Starring
Berencsi Attila, Gábor Svidrony, Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Judit Pogány, Tibor Bitskey, Ödön Rubold, István Szabó, Denisa Dér
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
110 min
Country
Hungary
Languages
Hungarian

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