MANSFELD
synopsis
The tragic destiny of Peter Mansfeld, a charismatic 16 year-old and leader of a group of young idealists outraged by the events of 1956 and revolted by the reign of terror that followed in Budapest. This revolutionary romanticism leads the group to make an arms hideout, while carrying out actions that are more like schoolboy pranks than something done by their peers. The kidnapping of a police officer soon leads to their arrest. Imprisioned and tortured despite the efforts of Peter’s mother to save them, the young group is accused of high treason and Mansfeld is killed ten days after his 18th birthday, becoming a symbol in Hungarians' struggle for freedom.
international title: | Mansfeld |
original title: | Mansfeld |
country: | Hungary, Canada |
year: | 2006 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Andor Szilágyi |
film run: | 118' |
release date: | HU 14/09/2006 |
screenplay: | Andor Szilágyi, Zoltan Furedi |
cast: | Péter Fancsikai, Maia Morgenstern, Gergõ Bárdi, Zsolt Dér, Dani Szabó, Bálint Egri |
cinematography by: | Gábor Medvigy |
film editing: | Gee Koncz, Teri Losonci |
art director: | Tibor Lázár |
costumes designer: | János Breckl |
producer: | Zoltan Furedi, Jenõ Hábermann, Baló Sándor, Andrea Kormos, Peter Engert, Gee Koncz |
production: | Filmart Filmstudio, ProsperoFilm Ltd., 21st Century DreamQuest Films Ltd. (CA) |
distributor: | HungariCom |