Gábor Svidrony

In a border town two sons of the local commander using stolen arms take hostages of eighteen girls in a dormitory, because they want to go West by plane.

The Hungarian Maria's Day is set in that most fateful of years, 1848. The incredible changes and reverses in European politics and culture exert a potent influence on one aristocratic Hungarian family. Losing virtually everything in the way of creature comforts, the family tries to keep up appearances. Eventually every member of the clan falls victim to illness, syphilis and their own headstrong foolishness. The parallels drawn by director Judith Elek between the dissipation of 19th century Hungarian aristocracy and the corruption of Communist ideology in modern times are inescapable.

Fils de cheminot admis à l’Académie Militaire de l’Empire austro-hongrois. Alfred Redl se lie d’amitié avec un jeune aristocrate. Dissimulant ses origines comme son homosexualité, il gravit rapidement la hiérarchie. À la veille de la Première Guerre mondiale, l’archiduc François-Ferdinand lui confie la responsabilité des services secrets…