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Escape

1997 · 92 min

A grim, slow-burning historical drama that immerses you in the claustrophobic tension of a Stalinist labor camp and one man's desperate bid for freedom.

Overview
Budapest, 1948. Gyula Molnár, interpreter to the Supervisory Committee of the Allied Powers, is carried away from a party by plain-cloth police investigators. Recsk, 1950. Molnár, having attempted an escape and with a wound made by a bullet in his neck - is doggedly trying to get into the brigade of brick-layers, as escape is easiest from there.

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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • isolation
  • power
  • freedom
  • justice
Places
  • prison
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour1
Realism9
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
history, drama
Directed by
Lívia Gyarmathy
Written by
Géza Böszörményi
Starring
Daniel Olbrychski, Artur Żmijewski, Krzysztof Kolberger, Dariusz Kurzelewski, Gyula Bodrogi, Judit Pogány
Runtime
92 min
Country
Hungary, Germany, Poland
Languages
Hungarian

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