Film

The Right Man for a Delicate Mission

1985 · 1h 45m

IMDb

6.7

In this somewhat uneven political satire, good revolutionaries have overthrown a totalitarian state riddled with corruption on all levels when a truly naive bureaucrat (Boguslaw Linda) is placed on a jury that will judge the results of a history competition. Once on the jury, the young bureaucrat starts looking into the past himself and gets embroiled in a labyrinth. The past may well be unclear because recent leaders have certain facts that need to be kept buried. Filmmaker Janos Kovacsi borrows characteristics from revolutions in the Eastern European block (1950s-1980s) to create this post-revolutionary society with an idealist commander (Ferenc Zenthe) meant to lead them. A clue as to what happens next lies in the opening scene -- the funeral of the commander who has given his life for his cause. Ironically, Kovacsi undoubtedly faced censorship on this film. That would not only account for some uneven narration, but it adds a dimension of reality to the topic at hand.

Ottilia Borbáth

a Rendõrfõnök titkárnõje

István Bozóky

Minister

Sándor Eszes

õr

Anna Fehér

M., fiatal nõ

Sándor Halmágyi

A nyilvántartás fõnöke

Enikő Eszenyi

ápolónő

• János KovácsiDirector · Screenplay
• Juha VakkuriScreenplay
• Nyika JancsóDirector of Photography
• Mátyás VárkonyiOriginal Music Composer
• Éva PalotaiEditor

Release date

March 18, 1985

Status

Released

Original language

Hungarian

Runtime

1h 45m