Winter Wind


1h 20m 1970

Brief Synopsis

A group of Croatian anarchists, living in 1930s Hungary, find their movement being torn apart by internal strife.

Film Details

Also Known As
Sirocco d'hiver, Sirokkó, Téli sirokkó
Genre
Drama
Period
Political
Release Date
Jan 1970
Premiere Information
New York opening: 16 Mar 1970
Production Company
Mafilm Studios; Marquise Film
Distribution Company
Grove Press
Country
France
Screenplay Information
Based on the novel Sirokkó by Gyula Hernádi (Budapest, 1969).

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 20m

Synopsis

In 1934, while carrying on terrorist training activities under the leadership of Ante Pavelic and preparing to assassinate King Alexander I, members of the Usta¿e, an extreme Croatian nationalist group, sequester themselves in a castle in Hungary. Among them is Lazar Marko, a fiery anarchist fugitive, whose volatile presence provokes increasing mutual distrust. Informed that the Hungarian government, which has permitted the establishment of the training center, intends to extradite the terrorist fugitive, the partisans slay Marko, afterwards eulogizing him as a martyr.

Film Details

Also Known As
Sirocco d'hiver, Sirokkó, Téli sirokkó
Genre
Drama
Period
Political
Release Date
Jan 1970
Premiere Information
New York opening: 16 Mar 1970
Production Company
Mafilm Studios; Marquise Film
Distribution Company
Grove Press
Country
France
Screenplay Information
Based on the novel Sirokkó by Gyula Hernádi (Budapest, 1969).

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 20m

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Trivia

Notes

Opened in Hungary in December 1969 as Sirokkó; running time: 82 min; in Paris in November 1970 as Sirocco d'hiver. Also known as Téli sirokkó.

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