DARKING WAY
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1849 The victorious powers executed the leaders of the Hungarian War of Independence. General Ignác Török was already dead when he was hung from the gallows. He had had a heart attack before the execution. On his last night, some unexpected visitors turned up and he had to face the biggest cruel mistake of his life...
Synopsis
6 October 1849
The Hungarian War of Independence failed, its thirteen leaders were sentenced to death. The European royal courts and even the Russian tsar himself protested against the executions. However, Haynau, one of the leaders of the victorious forces, did not give quarter. Among the prisoners was General Ignác Török, an artificer officer, whose life was full of secrets and legends. He never married. He had neither children, nor a family. He devoted himself to the memory of his one-time only lover, Charlotte. Now, on the night before his execution, Charlotte arrives with her husband, Sternberg, who is a high-ranking official in the Imperial Court, and, on the orders of the Emperor, they try to save the prisoner. The woman persuaded her husband to save the love of her youth. At the same time, Haynau is uncompromising. In secret, he has the convicted prisoner and Charlotte’s daughter, who grew up in a boarding school of evil repute, brought to the castle. This is Ignác Török’s first encounter with his daughter, who was sent to the boarding school after her birth, as Charlotte was already married at the time. The confrontation with the girl makes the general realise how his fault lead to her disgraceful fate. He does not accept the Emperor’s quarter. Török is not able to cope with the pressure of the meeting and dies of a heart attack. Only his dead body can be hung from the gallows. Passionate encounters in the storm of history. A night that decides everything. The film is based on a real story.
Cast:
Máté Szabó – Ignaz
László Janik – Metternich
Viktoria Békefi – Ignaz”s daughter
Ádám Lux – Sternberg
Kati Pap – Ignaz’ lover
Ernő Tapasztó – Metternich”s man
Director, writer: Zsolt Pozsgai
Cinematography: Claudia Kovács
Scenario: Péter Klimó
Costum: Fanni Dukát
Music: Sámuel Pásztor
Horatio Film, Budapest
1849 The victorious powers executed the leaders of the Hungarian War of Independence. General Ignác Török was already dead when he was hung from the gallows. He had had a heart attack before the execution. On his last night, some unexpected visitors turned up and he had to face the biggest cruel mistake of his life...
Synopsis
6 October 1849
The Hungarian War of Independence failed, its thirteen leaders were sentenced to death. The European royal courts and even the Russian tsar himself protested against the executions. However, Haynau, one of the leaders of the victorious forces, did not give quarter. Among the prisoners was General Ignác Török, an artificer officer, whose life was full of secrets and legends. He never married. He had neither children, nor a family. He devoted himself to the memory of his one-time only lover, Charlotte. Now, on the night before his execution, Charlotte arrives with her husband, Sternberg, who is a high-ranking official in the Imperial Court, and, on the orders of the Emperor, they try to save the prisoner. The woman persuaded her husband to save the love of her youth. At the same time, Haynau is uncompromising. In secret, he has the convicted prisoner and Charlotte’s daughter, who grew up in a boarding school of evil repute, brought to the castle. This is Ignác Török’s first encounter with his daughter, who was sent to the boarding school after her birth, as Charlotte was already married at the time. The confrontation with the girl makes the general realise how his fault lead to her disgraceful fate. He does not accept the Emperor’s quarter. Török is not able to cope with the pressure of the meeting and dies of a heart attack. Only his dead body can be hung from the gallows. Passionate encounters in the storm of history. A night that decides everything. The film is based on a real story.
Cast:
Máté Szabó – Ignaz
László Janik – Metternich
Viktoria Békefi – Ignaz”s daughter
Ádám Lux – Sternberg
Kati Pap – Ignaz’ lover
Ernő Tapasztó – Metternich”s man
Director, writer: Zsolt Pozsgai
Cinematography: Claudia Kovács
Scenario: Péter Klimó
Costum: Fanni Dukát
Music: Sámuel Pásztor
Horatio Film, Budapest
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