The Exam

The Exam

89 mins | Drama, Thriller, History | Oct. 13, 2011

Budapest, Hungary, Christmas 1957. The state, insecure after the defeated revolution of 1956 and increasingly put under the influence of a renewed Stalinist atmosphere, has decreed that all security officials must pass an exam to verify their loyalty. But to be actually effective in a shadowy world where suspicion and secrets reign, the subjects must be unaware that they are being tested.

The Exam

89 mins | Drama, Thriller, History | Oct. 13, 2011

The Exam
Budapest, Hungary, Christmas 1957. The state, insecure after the defeated revolution of 1956 and increasingly put under the influence of a renewed Stalinist atmosphere, has decreed that all security officials must pass an exam to verify their loyalty. But to be actually effective in a shadowy world where suspicion and secrets reign, the subjects must be unaware that they are being tested.
IMDb rating 7.3
Producers Uniofilm
Original title A vizsga
Directors János György, Péter Bergendy
Writers Norbert Köbli

Cast

János Kulka

as Pál Markó

Zsolt Nagy

as András Jung

Péter Scherer

as Emil Kulcsár

Gabriella Hámori

as Éva Gáti

Péter Haumann

as Colonel Rozgonyi

Elek Ferenc

as Imre Csapó

András Balogh

as Ferenc Dohány

László Széles

as Varga

Áron Dimény

as Vígh

Gábor Hellebrandt

as Filmmaker Radnai

Lehel Kovács

as Pálmai

Mihály Szabados

as Literary Informer Bolha

János Papp

as Photographer

Pap Vera

as Egriné

Anita Tóth

as Doorwoman

Mária Varga

as Janka

Tamás Dvorák

as Doorman