The Exam

The Exam (2011)

13/10/2011
Drama, History, Thriller
1h 29m

Don't trust anyone. Don't trust yourself.

Overview

Budapest, Hungary, Christmas 1957. The state, insecure after the defeated revolution of 1956 and increasingly put under the influence of a renewed Stalinist atmosphere, has decreed that all security officials must pass an exam to verify their loyalty. But to be actually effective in a shadowy world where suspicion and secrets reign, the subjects must be unaware that they are being tested.

  • Péter BergendyDirector
  • Norbert KöbliScreenplay
  • Original Title

    A vizsga

  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    Hungarian

Keywords

  • police state
  • budapest, hungary
  • co-workers relationship
  • informant
  • secret police
  • stalinism
  • 1950s
  • political repression
  • christmas eve

Top Billed Cast

János Kulka

János Kulka

Pál Markó

Zsolt Nagy

Zsolt Nagy

András Jung

Péter Scherer

Péter Scherer

Emil Kulcsár

Gabriella Hámori

Gabriella Hámori

Éva Gáti

Péter Haumann

Péter Haumann

Colonel Rozgonyi

Ferenc Elek

Ferenc Elek

Imre Csapó

András Balogh

András Balogh

Ferenc Dohány

László Széles

László Széles

Varga

Áron Dimény

Áron Dimény

Vígh

Gábor Hellebrandt

Gábor Hellebrandt

Filmmaker Radnai

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