Le cinquième sceau

Definitely "The Fifth Seal" (1976) the very best hungarian movie ever made!

The director Fábri Zoltán did an excellent job in this movie, and the cast, oh boy.., unbeatable: Latinovits Zoltán, Oze Lajos, Márkus László are the three giants in this movie, but in general everybody was perfect in this movie!

The narrative, and the messege is timless, that's why I can call this movie a masterpiece!

Wow, I really enjoyed this film. What starts as a close and interesting character study escalates dramatically in the second and third segment. The question it presents is one anyone would struggle to answer, but one the characters are forced to answer. As per the time period tyrants, come and tyrants invariably fall, that is the one solace for poor Gyugyu.

The question might also be if the characters had not been asked the question the night before, would they have reacted the same way in the final scenes.

The other aspect of this film which I loved seeing is Budapest itself and the characters and life in its streets.

Gets off to an amazing start, with the first 40 or minutes or so being confined to one location, and centring on five men having intense philosophical/political conversations. One stirs things up as the evening's winding down, then everyone's a mess for the second act, and then this war drama becomes a bit more of a war film in its final act, and it kind of comes together... well, it comes together enough.

So where the film ends up certainly isn't terrible, but could perhaps be a bit on the nose. I think The Fifth Seal really flounders throughout its second act, though, and makes the whole thing feel a bit uneven.

I can't deny there are some amazing parts to this film at least, most of them contained to the first 40-ish minutes of the film.

One of the greatest newage hungarian writer Santa Ferenc's book is digging very very deep into the human being and the human nature. Fabry, the director chose the best actors, and made one on the best hungarian movie. You have to see it more than few times, to pick up everything. Its all about life, about war, with amazing questions you cant even answer...

You must read the book!!!

egy csodálatos film.

I really can't describe the joy of discovering this movie. A unique experience that combines art, meaning and an exceptional technique of cinematography. The depth on the characters build up, the unbeliavable script and the absolute rhytm makes this movie a total monument in what the art of cinema stands for. I really suggest you to watch this film. The feelings and the tense which brings to the viewer cannot be described. A true masterpiece from the titles of the beginning to the last scene!