The Round-Up

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The Round-Up is a landmark 1966 Hungarian historical drama film directed by Miklós Jancsó, renowned for its stark depiction of post-revolutionary repression and its innovative, long-take visual style.

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instanceOf Hungarian film
film
countryOfOrigin Hungary
depicts Austro-Hungarian authorities rounding up suspected rebels
interrogation and identification of insurgents
director Miklós Jancsó
directorOfPhotography Tamás Somló
directorStyleExemplified Miklós Jancsó’s choreographed long-take style
distributedBy Hungarian film distributors
filmingLocation Hungary
follows events after the Hungarian Revolution of 1848
genre drama film
historical drama
hasAward included in many lists of greatest Hungarian films
international critical acclaim
hasColor black-and-white
hasInfluenced subsequent political cinema
use of long takes in European art cinema
hasPublicationMedium cinema
hasSubsequentRelease Blu-ray
DVD
home video
hasTheme collective guilt
dehumanization under authoritarian rule
power and control
surveillance
mainSubject political oppression
post-revolutionary repression
state violence
notableFor choreographed camera movements
innovative long-take visual style
minimalist dialogue
stark depiction of post-revolutionary repression
use of large crowd scenes
originalLanguage Hungarian
partOf Miklós Jancsó’s early historical trilogy
producer Hungarian state film studio
productionCompany Mafilm
publicationDate 1966
releaseType theatrical release
runningTime approximately 90 minutes
screenedAt Cannes Film Festival
setInTimePeriod 19th century
post-1848 Hungarian Revolution era
style austere mise-en-scène
extended tracking shots
geometric staging of actors
long takes

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Hungarian cinema notableFilm The Round-Up
Olivier Rabourdin notableWork The Round Up
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Miklós Jancsó notableWork The Round-Up
The Red and the White follows The Round-Up
La Rafle titleTranslation The Round Up
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The Round-Up (play) title The Round-Up
Slim Hoover appearsIn The Round-Up
Slim Hoover fictionalUniverse The Round-Up (film)
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