The Round Up
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Miklós Jancsó
János Görbe
Tibor Molnár
András Kozák
Gábor Agárdy
Zoltán Latinovits
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Synopsis
Some years after the abortive revolution of 1848, Hapsburg monarch Franz Josef of Austria ruthlessly eliminates Hungarian nationalists. Attempting to capture the famous revolutionary Sándor Rósza and his band, the Austrian army sequesters hundreds of peasants in an impregnable stockade, isolating key prisoners. So segregated, prisoner János Gajdor turns informer. The acknowledged murderer of two herdsmen, Gajdor is falsely offered his freedom on the condition that he identify an inmate with a larger number of victims. A self-confessed assassin of six is executed after an escape attempt before he can be named by Gajdor. The informer's next target is the outlaw Veszelka. After the Austrians publicly strip and beat the suspect's wife, he and two comrades leap to their deaths rather than betray the Hungarian cause. Now that his usefulness is exhausted, the captors open Gajdor's cell door, and the prisoners strangle the traitor. The Austrian interrogators exploit filial relationships, causing father and son Kubai to betray terrorist Torma in order to save each other. Torma's punishment is forestalled by an announcement of general conscription. The Austrians arrange a test of horsemanship between Torma and the older Kubai which Torma easily wins. As a prize, he is directed to choose from the stockade's inmates a core cavalry squadron. Following the selection Torma boasts that he has chosen the revolutionary band of Sándor Rósza. The Austrians announce that Rósza, who has eluded capture, has been pardoned, but they seize his contingent, which Torma has unwittingly exposed.
Director
Miklós Jancsó
Cast
János Görbe
Tibor Molnár
András Kozák
Gábor Agárdy
Zoltán Latinovits
István Avar
Lajos öze
Béla Barsi
János Koltai
Attila Nagy
József Madaras
Rudolf Somogyvári
Zoltán Basilides
György Bárdi
Zsigmond Fülöp
László Csurka
Ida Siménfalvy
Sándor Siménfalvy
László György
József Horváth
Lörinc G. Szabó
László Horváth
Gyula Szersén
Jácint Juhász
Tibor Szilágyi
József Kautzky
Endre Tallós
József Konrád
Géza Tordy
István Velenczei
Crew
Tamás Banovich
Zoltán Farkas
Fleetwood Films
József Halom
Gyula Hernádi
Luca Karall
Zsolt Kézdi Kovács
András Németh
Clem Perry
Tamás Somló
Zoltán Toldy
Zsuzsa Vicze
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Released in Hungary in January 1966 as Szegénylegények (Nehézéletuek). Alternative U. S. title: The Hopeless Ones.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 1966
Released in United States May 1966
Released in United States on Video April 7, 1993
Released in United States September 18, 1966
Shown at Cannes Film Festival May 1966.
Released in United States 1966
Released in United States on Video April 7, 1993
Released in United States September 18, 1966 (Shown at New York Film Festival September 18, 1966.)
Released in United States May 1966 (Shown at Cannes Film Festival May 1966.)
Shown at New York Film Festival September 18, 1966.
