The Exam
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Budapest, Hungary, Christmas 1957. The state, insecure after the defeated revolution of 1956 and increasingly put under the influence of a renewed Stalinist atmosphere, has decreed that all security officials must pass an exam to verify their loyalty. But to be actually effective in a shadowy world where suspicion and secrets reign, the subjects must be unaware that they are being tested.
Status: Released
Released Date: 2011-10-13
Runtime: 89 mins
Director: Péter Bergendy
Spoken language: Magyar
Genres: Drama, History, Thriller
Original title: The Exam
Production Companies: Uniofilm
Production Countries: Hungary
Cast
János Kulka
Zsolt Nagy
Péter Scherer
Gabriella Hámori
Péter Haumann
Ferenc Elek
András Balogh
László Széles
Áron Dimény
Gábor Hellebrandt
Lehel Kovács
Péter Haás Vander
Mihály Szabados
János Papp
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