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The Corporal and the Others

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The Corporal and the Others
Directed byMárton Keleti
StarringTamás Major
Imre Sinkovits
Production
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Release date
  • 15 April 1965 (1965-04-15)
Running time
1h 51min
CountryHungary
LanguageHungarian

The Corporal and the Others (Hungarian: A tizedes meg a többiek) is a 1965 Hungarian comedy film directed by Márton Keleti.[1] The film was chosen to be part of the Budapest Twelve, a list of Hungarian films considered the best in 1968.[2]

Cast

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Plot

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Somewhere in Hungary, in the last days of World War II, Corporal Ferenc Molnár is on the run on a motorbike. He has deserted his unit and taken its money with him. On his journey, he gathers around him a socially and politically diverse group of men whose aim is the same as his: Surviving the war.

Background

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As a satirical comedy about the war - a novelty at the time - the film became an immediate commercial and critical sensation in mid-1960s Hungary and was seen by 2.2 million viewers. By putting a cunning everyman into the center of the plot, not heroical partisans, and satirizing all sides, this new type of war film spoke to many everyday Hungarians.[3]

The quote Az oroszok már a spájzban vannak! (The Russians are already in the pantry!) immediately entered the spoken Hungarian language and has been used in many variations since then.[3]

Accolades

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Hungarian Film Festival 1966:

Awards of the Hungarian Film Critics 1965:[4]

  • Special Award
  • Best male actor (Imre Sinkovits)

References

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  1. ^ "The Corporal and the Others". National Film Institute. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
  2. ^ Ujhelyi, Szilárd (1968). Karcsai Kulcsár, István (ed.). A BUDAPESTI 12. Filmbarátok Kiskönyvtára. Budapest: Magyar Filmtudományi Intézet és Filmarchívum.
  3. ^ a b "Alapfilmek: A tizedes meg a többiek (in Hungarian)". National Film Institute. Retrieved 2020-11-11.
  4. ^ cf. Film Színház Muzsika, 4 February 1966, p. 21.
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