Rent The Round-Up (1965)
3.9 of 5 from 75 ratings
1h 27min
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- Synopsis:
- Set in a detention camp in Hungary 1869, at a time of guerrilla campaigns against the ruling Austrians, Jancso (János Görbe) deliberately avoids conventional heroics to focus on the persecution and dehumanisation manifest in a time of conflict. Filmed in Hungary's desolate and burning landscape, Jancso uses his formidable technique to create a remarkable and terrifying picture of war and the abuse of power that is still very relevant today.
- Actors:
- János Görbe, Zoltán Latinovits, Tibor Molnár, Gábor Agárdi, András Kozák, Béla Barsi, József Madaras, János Koltai, István Avar, Lajos Öze, Rudolf Somogyvári, Attila Nagy, Zoltán Basilides, György Bárdy, Zsigmond Fülöp
- Directors:
- Miklós Jancsó
- Writers:
- Gyula Hernádi
- Aka:
- Szegénylegények
- Studio:
- SECOND RUN DVD
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Classics, Drama
- Countries:
- Hungary
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Reviews (1) of The Round-Up
Cruelty in Long Shot - The Round-Up review by griggs
A calm but cutting look at oppression, The Round-Up is quietly brutal in its precision. Miklós Jancsó turns a sun-scorched plain into a theatre of control, shooting it so it feels both beautiful and punishing. Inside the camp, cruelty unfolds in slow, ritualistic loops — violence reduced to routine, humanity to gesture.
There’s barely a plot to follow, but that’s the point. The film is all mood and movement, power and repetition. The camera glides gracefully but never kindly, its beauty as merciless as the regime it captures.
Cold and distant, yes, but that detachment gives it real weight. You don’t watch The Round-Up to be entertained; you watch it to see power stripped bare. Beautiful, punishing, and still painfully relevant, it’s a film that lingers like heat on stone.
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