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Plot. The film tells the story of the Hungarian branch of the soldiers who, during World War I ended up in Russian captivity. When the revolution breaks out and begins a civil war in Russia, the soldiers are on the side of the Bolsheviks. Some are hoping that this will make it easier to come home.
The Red and the White: Directed by Miklós Jancsó. With Krystyna Mikolajewska, Mikhail Kozakov, Tatyana Konyukhova, Viktor Avdyushko. During the Russian Civil War, the Red Army - aided by Hungarian Communists - and the White Army fight for control of the area surrounding the Volga.
- (4K)
- Drama, War
- Miklós Jancsó
- 1968-09-20
In this minimalist anti-war film, a faction of Hungarian soldiers on the side of the Russian Red army, led by a determined commander (Jozsef Madaras), fight against the...
- (21)
- Krystyna Mikolajevska
- Miklós Jancsó
- War
Sep 6, 2015 · The Red and The White was due to be a celebratory production to commemorate the October Revolution – telling the story of the Civil War at the beginning of the twentieth century between opposing Hungarian and Russian factions; the Bolshevik Reds and tsarist Whites.
Set in 1919, during the aftermath of the Russian Revolution, Miklós Jancsó’s The Red and the White is a war film unlike any other. In the brutal Civil War which took place, Hungarian volunteers supported the ‘Red’ revolutionaries in a war of attrition against the ‘White’ counter-revolutionaries.
Banned for many years in the U.S.S.R., Hungarian director Miklos Jancso's masterful THE RED AND THE WHITE is a haunting, powerful film about the absurdity and evil of war. 34 IMDb 7.5 1 h 30 min 1968. 13+. Arthouse · Drama · Military and War. Available to rent or buy.
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The Red and the White. In this historical epic, from 1967, the Hungarian director Miklós Jancsó, a great screen choreographer, deploys his forces on the battlefields of the Russian Revolution....
