1945 (2017 film)

1945 is a 2017 Hungarian drama film directed by Ferenc Török[2] and co-written by Török and Gábor T. Szántó. It concerns two Jewish survivors of the Holocaust who arrive in a Hungarian village in August 1945, and the paranoid reactions of the villagers, some of whom fear that these and other Jews are coming to reclaim Jewish property.[3]

1945
Film poster
Directed byFerenc Török
Written by
Produced by
  • Iván Angelusz
  • Péter Reich
  • Ferenc Török
Starring
  • Péter Rudolf
  • Tamás Szabó Kimmel
  • Dóra Sztarenki
  • Bence Tasnádi
CinematographyElemér Ragályi
Edited byBéla Barsi
Music byTibor Szemző
Production
company
Katapult Film
Distributed byKatapult Film
Release dates
  • 12 February 2017 (2017-02-12) (Berlin)
  • 20 April 2017 (2017-04-20) (Hungary)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryHungary
LanguageHungarian
Box office$1 million[1]

The film was screened in the Panorama section at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival and was awarded the 3rd place prize in the Panorama Audience Award.[4]

Cast
  • Péter Rudolf as Mr. István
  • Bence Tasnádi as Mr. Árpád
  • Tamás Szabó Kimmel as Jancsi
  • Dóra Sztarenki as Kisrózsi
  • Ági Szirtes as Mrs. Kustár
  • József Szarvas as Kustár András
  • Eszter Nagy-Kálózy as Mrs. Szentes
  • Iván Angelusz as Sámuel Hermann
  • Marcell Nagy as Sámuel's son
  • János Derzsi as War veteran

Reception

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 97%, based on 67 reviews, and an average rating of 7.7/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "1945 sifts through the aftermath of the Holocaust to offer a sober, well-crafted look at a variety of weighty themes."[5] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 73 out of 100, based on 13 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[6]

References
  1. "1945 (2017)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  2. "1945". Miami Jewish Film Festival. 26 January 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  3. Rosenblatt, Jay (2017). "1945". Jewish Film Institute. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  4. Press Office (25 January 2017). "Panorama 2017 Programme Complete: Powerful European Auteur Cinema / Three Surprising Indie Gems from China and Hong Kong / Brazil Well-Represented with Five Films". Berlin International Film Festival. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  5. "1945 (2017)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  6. "1945 Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
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