The Corporal and the Others
The Corporal and the Others is a 1965 Hungarian comedy film directed by Márton Keleti. The film was chosen to be part of the Budapest Twelve, a list of Hungarian films considered the best in 1968.
Cast
- Imre Sinkovits - Corporal Ferenc Molnár
- Iván Darvas - Second Lieutenant Eduárd Gálfy
- Tamás Major - Albert, a butler
- - István Szíjjártó, a Communist
- László Ungváry - Lieutenant Barkányi, an Arrow Cross Party member
- - Private Imre Gáspár / János Gáspár
- Gyula Szabó - Private György Fekete / Károly Fekete
- László Márkus - SS Obersturmführer
- - Gutnacht, a German SS officer
- - Grisha, a Russian soldier
- - the Forester
- - the Forester's Wife
- Gábor Agárdy - Commander of the Levente corps
- László Bánhidi - Sergeant Pál Suhajda
Plot
Somewhere in Hungary, in the last days of World War II, Corporal Ferenc Molnár is on the run on a motorbike. He has deserted his unit and taken its money with him. On his journey, he gathers around him a socially and politically diverse group of men whose aim is the same as his: Surviving the war.Background
As a satirical comedy about the war - a novelty at the time - the film became an immediate commercial and critical sensation in mid-1960s Hungary and was seen by 2.2 million viewers. By putting a cunning everyman into the center of the plot, not heroical partisans, and satirizing all sides, this new type of war film spoke to many everyday Hungarians.The quote Az oroszok már a spájzban vannak! immediately entered the spoken Hungarian language and has been used in many variations since then.
Accolades
Hungarian Film Festival 1966:- Main award for best film by Zoltán Fábry and My Way Home
- Best male actor
- Special Award of the Jury for best director
- Special Award
- Best male actor