1972 · drama · musical · hungarian
Red Psalm
Directed by Miklós Jancsó1h 26m1972
Set in the 1890s on the Hungarian plains, a group of farm workers go on strike in which they face harsh reprisals and the reality of revolt, oppression, morality and violence.
Our read: Red Psalm (1972) reads as a sombre, measured, inventive drama · musical · hungarian entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, measured, measured drama / musical, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- measured
- inventive
- signature
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