Pál SándorCast
Péter Rudolf Sándor Zsótér Katalin Szerb 
Mari Törőcsik Dezső Garas András Kern
Credits
Written by: András Mezei
Plot
A man in 1950s Hungary lives through an absurd, comic sequence of events under the communist regime, in a satirical mix of comedy and thriller.
Sinekatalog’s take
A sharp and comic fable of life under the regime.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 6.7 / 10 (294 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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