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Bastion Promenade Seventy Four

1974 · 84 min

A dry, talky backstage comedy of two men bickering over casting, wry and quietly absurd in its bureaucratic fussing.

Directed by
Gyula Gazdag
Genres
Drama, Comedy
Starring
Evald Schorm, István Iglódi, Lili Monori
Overview
Mr. Dezső and Rezső are selecting the heroes for their new operetta. They represent different tastes and styles, and keep arguing about the casting of the four men and four women.

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Directed by
Gyula Gazdag
Genres
Drama, Comedy
Starring
Evald Schorm, István Iglódi, Lili Monori
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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • art
  • work
  • identity
  • obsession
Places
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour6
Realism7
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity6
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
drama, comedy
Directed by
Gyula Gazdag
Written by
Miklós Györffy, Gyula Gazdag
Starring
Evald Schorm, István Iglódi, Lili Monori, Róbert Koltai, Judit Pogány
Music
Ferenc Gyulai Gaál
Cinematography
Elemér Ragályi
Runtime
84 min
Country
Hungary
Languages
Hungarian

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