Main character of AZ ÖRVÉNY is cameraman György Petö. His private films shot before and during World War II document his family, and particularly his girlfriend and later wife Eva Lengyel. With hindsight, these films, mainly recorded in the southern Hungarian city of Szeged, make up an extremely wry historical document. Petö was a Jew. Slowly but gradually we notice how the anti-Jewish laws and political revolutions in Hungary take the family in a stranglehold. AZ ÖRVÉNY is a rhapsody of found footage. Skillfully edited and complemented with additional footage, it produces an account of an atrocious era and a plea for human dignity.
Péter Forgács
Director
Péter Forgács
Narrator
Ildiko Fodor
Voice
Andras Soos
Bea Szemzö
Voice
Tibor Szemzö
Voice
Padomju stāsts73%
For Sama82%
The Age of Stupid65%
The Battle of San Pietro61%
Why We Fight: Prelude to War65%
20 Days in Mariupol80%
Korengal66%
The Bloody Hundredth71%
Night Will Fall76%
Five Came Back79%
Father Soldier Son65%
Maternal Instinct71%
2000 Meters to Andriivka79%
WWII From Space74%
Last Days in Vietnam73%
Virunga79%
Voyeur59%
Bitter Lake75%
The Captains63%
They Shall Not Grow Old77%
