Cinema inferno
The year is 1949, and Hungary has once again descended into darkness. Now in total control of the country, Mátyás Rákosi obeys his Soviet masters and prepares to stage the most spectacular show trial…
Cinema inferno
The year is 1949, and Hungary has once again descended into darkness. Now in total control of the country, Mátyás Rákosi obeys his Soviet masters and prepares to stage the most spectacular show trial that the country has ever seen. A production of such scale not only requires scriptwriters and actors but also cameramen and directors. Cinema Inferno is a documentary film that provides aa insight into the background of the propaganda film "Traitors Die" (Hungarian title: "Vesszenek az árulók") made in 1949, in connection with the Rajk and Pálffy trials. To unfold the story, the crew went all the way to Moscow. We also get an in-depth picture of the dictatorship of Mátyás Rákosi, and the internal logic, methods and cruelty of the concept trials. The film explores a typical propaganda product of that era, and does not approach what happened through personal life journeys, institutions, or chronologically progressed events. This point of view also makes the impact of the events that took place almost 60 years ago more noticeable. Famous witnesses and experts such as Péter Bokor, Károly Makk, Béla Révész and Tibor Zinner also appear in the film.
Cinema inferno
Documentary
Film Details
The year is 1949, and Hungary has once again descended into darkness. Now in total control of the country, Mátyás Rákosi obeys his Soviet masters and prepares to stage the most spectacular show trial that the country has ever seen. A production of such scale not only requires scriptwriters and actors but also cameramen and directors.
Cinema Inferno is a documentary film that provides aa insight into the background of the propaganda film "Traitors Die" (Hungarian title: "Vesszenek az árulók") made in 1949, in connection with the Rajk and Pálffy trials. To unfold the story, the crew went all the way to Moscow. We also get an in-depth picture of the dictatorship of Mátyás Rákosi, and the internal logic, methods and cruelty of the concept trials.
The film explores a typical propaganda product of that era, and does not approach what happened through personal life journeys, institutions, or chronologically progressed events. This point of view also makes the impact of the events that took place almost 60 years ago more noticeable. Famous witnesses and experts such as Péter Bokor, Károly Makk, Béla Révész and Tibor Zinner also appear in the film..