The Round-Up

Local title
Lootuseta
Title in Russian
The Round-Up
Original title
Szegénylegények
Director
Miklós Jancsó
Country
Hungary
Year
1965
Programme
In Focus: In Hungary
Genre
historical drama
Subject
violence, betrayal, history

The film depicts a camp full of prisoners after a defeated revolution. The prison staff try to identify the rebels and find out if a chief rebel is among them using various means of mental and physical torture and trickery.

Many (including Martin Scorsese) consider "The Round-Up" as a true classic of world cinema. It was selected to be screened in the Cannes Classics section of the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.

Awards and selections:
1966 – Cannes Film Festival – In Competition
1966 – Locarno International Film Festival – FIPRESCI Prize
2015 – Cannes Classics – Official Selection
2015 – Lumière Film Festival – Selection by Martin Scorsese

Director
Miklós Jancsó
Screenwriter
Gyula Hernádi
Cast
János Görbe, Zoltán Latinovits, Tibor Molnár, Gábor Agárdi, András Kozák
DoP
Tamás Somló
Editor
Zoltán Farkas
Production
MAFILM IV. Játékfilmstúdió
Runtime
Language
Hungarian
Subtitles
English
Director
Miklós Jancsó

Miklós Jancsó (1921–2014)

Valik: Csillagosok, katonák (The Red and The White, 1967), Még kér a nép (Red Psalm, 1972), Szerelmem, Elektra (Electra, My Love, 1974), Magyar rapszódia (Hungarian Rhapsody, 1979), Szörnyek évadja (Seasons of Monsters, 1987)

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Screenings

Hall 2 Kino Artis
Screening021602 / Lootuseta
SubtitlesEnglish
Screening duration
4th Lux Hall Apollo Kino Coca-Cola Plaza
Screening100301 / Lootuseta
SubtitlesEnglish
Screening duration