Escape from Recsk

Escape from Recsk
Escape from Recsk
Directed by	Lívia Gyarmathy
Starring	Daniel Olbrychski ; Artur Żmijewski
Release date	13 February 1997;
Running time	1h 35min
Countries	Hungary ; Poland ; Germany
Languages	Hungarian ; Polish

Escape from Recsk (Hungarian: Szökés, Polish: Ucieczka) is a 1997 Hungarian-Polish-German drama film directed by Lívia Gyarmathy.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Premise

The Polish website kinonagranicy describes the film as follows, "Created in a wave of reckoning with the Stalinist past, the film tells the story of Gyuly Molnár's^{[n 1]} authentic escape from the closely guarded Recsk forced labor camp, where “enemies of the people” were imprisoned in the 1950s."^[4]

Notes

^ Not to be confused with a more recent Hungarian politician, Gyula Molnár.

Themes

The film was noted for its documented description of the life in the camp of Recsk.^[5]^[6]

References

^ Ucieczka | Film | 1996 (in Polish). Retrieved 2024-09-01 – via www.filmweb.pl.
^ Szökés (in Hungarian). 1997. Retrieved 2024-09-01 – via port.hu.
^ Kalmár, György (2017-09-18). Formations of Masculinity in Post-Communist Hungarian Cinema: Labyrinthian Men. Springer. ISBN 978-3-319-63664-1.
^ Krakowka, web3zero pl / dev: Kamil Słowiena, Jarosław. "27. Kino na Granicy / 27. Kino na Hranici". kinonagranicy.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2024-09-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ Tiszatájonline (2023-02-25). "Michnay Gyula és Gérecz Attila szökésének filmkockái". Tiszatáj online - irodalom, művészet, kultúra (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2024-09-01.
^ Segel, Harold B. (2012-11-11). The Walls Behind the Curtain: East European Prison Literature, 1945–1990. University of Pittsburgh Press. ISBN 978-0-8229-7802-2.

External links

Escape from Recsk at IMDb

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[4] Not to be confused with a more recent Hungarian politician, Gyula Molnár.

[1] Ucieczka | Film | 1996 (in Polish). Retrieved 2024-09-01 – via www.filmweb.pl.

[2] Szökés (in Hungarian). 1997. Retrieved 2024-09-01 – via port.hu.

[3] Kalmár, György (2017-09-18). Formations of Masculinity in Post-Communist Hungarian Cinema: Labyrinthian Men. Springer. ISBN 978-3-319-63664-1.

[5] Krakowka, web3zero pl / dev: Kamil Słowiena, Jarosław. "27. Kino na Granicy / 27. Kino na Hranici". kinonagranicy.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2024-09-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[6] Tiszatájonline (2023-02-25). "Michnay Gyula és Gérecz Attila szökésének filmkockái". Tiszatáj online - irodalom, művészet, kultúra (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2024-09-01.

[7] Segel, Harold B. (2012-11-11). The Walls Behind the Curtain: East European Prison Literature, 1945–1990. University of Pittsburgh Press. ISBN 978-0-8229-7802-2.

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