The Red and the White

The Red and the White

1967 · 90 min · HU · 7.2 (72 votes)
Dir. Miklós Jancsó · Starring József Madaras, Tibor Molnár, András Kozák, Juhász Jácint, Anatoli Yabbarov, Sergey Nikonenko
WarDrama

In 1919, Hungarian Communists aid the Bolsheviks' defeat of Czarists, the Whites. Near the Volga, a monastery and a field hospital are held by one side and then the other.

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A stark, sprawling chronicle of war's devastating impact. It feels like witnessing history unfold with a grim, unflinching gaze, emphasizing the brutal realities and ideological clashes on the front lines.

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