Exercises

Overview

The particular interest of György Szomjas’s short documentary is that it immortalizes the work of the Szeged University Stage headed by István Paál (although it is not named in the film), which after 15 March 1973 was officially recategorized from ‘tolerated’ to ‘banned’. On hearing about events in Chile in early March of that year (a temporary upsurge in popularity for the left wing at elections), young students dramatized the news first in spontaneous play and then in directed exercises. Viewed in the knowledge of what subsequently occurred in Chile, the group’s liberated acting is tinted with tragedy.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 1, 1973

Original language

Hungarian

Spoken languages

Hungarian

Countries

Hungary

Director

György Szomjas

Writer

István Kardos

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0175695