For this austere, clear and sharp telefeature, Judit Elek focused on the last months of Martinovics’ life: his interrogation by the Austrians, the examining Magistrate Schilling in particular, shown as a battle of wits as well as delusions on both sides. Elek had wanted to make this film in the early 1970s, but wasn’t allowed to. When she finally got the chance, the reactions were predictable, as the parallels with recent Hungarian history were simply too obvious for officialdom not to feel anxious. History may not repeat itself, but the variations look eerily similar.
Judit Elek
Director
János Ács
Tamás Fodor
György Petri
Gábor Deme
Erzsébet Gaál
Székely B. Miklós
János Szikora
Béla Spindler
Csaba Oszkay
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