Igy jottem / My Way Home (1965) DVD9
on September 28th, 2015 at 10:52
Joska (Andras Kozak) is a young Hungarian student making his way home, through countryside full of the debris of war, when he is captured and imprisoned by Russians. These are the last days of World War Two, and Hungary was an ally of the Nazis.
He is sent away to a small hut where a young Russian soldier Kolya (Sergey Nikonenko) tends a herd of dairy cows, providing milk to the local camp every day. Neither of them speaks the other’s language and they have to communicate with gestures and tones of voice. The student tries to run away, unable to read a sign warning of a mine field; the Russian saves him and brings him back. They share a ruined hut, milk the cows together; their initial distrust and uneasiness can’t be sustained in such close quarters and gradually their differences become meaningless...
DVD9 | PAL 16:9 | 01:37:22 | 7.13 Gb + 3% rec
Language: Magyar
Subtitles: English
Genre: Drama, War
Director: Miklos Jancso
Cast: Andras Kozak, Sergey Nikonenko
Country: Hungary
Extras:
• Message of Stones - Maramaros (A kovek uzenete) (1994)
The second film in Miklos Jancso's renowned but rarely-seen documentary series Message of Stones (51 mins).
The series offering a meditative consideration of Jewish-Hungarian history through decrepit synagogues and cemeteries.