Description:The plot of the film takes place in 1918 on Soviet territory and reveals the murderous clashes between Red troops and the overwhelming White guards. The commander of the Hungarian volunteers stationed in the monastery at Ipatyev prepares for the execution of White prisoners, but in a few minutes it is the Whites who begin a terrible mThe plot of the film takes place in 1918 on Soviet territory and reveals the murderous clashes between Red troops and the overwhelming White guards. The commander of the Hungarian volunteers stationed in the monastery at Ipatyev prepares for the execution of White prisoners, but in a few minutes it is the Whites who begin a terrible man-slaughter over his corpse... (MaNDA)... (more)(less)
Release date : 20 September 1968 UPC: 738329022327
"Ehkä valitsin huonon ajankohdan tämän katsomiselle. Aamuyön pikkutunnit ja tätä edeltänyt hieno kung-fuilu eivät ehkä taanneet sitä kaikkein otollisinta hetkeä unkarilaiselle kukkulasäntäilylle, vaikka odotukset tätä kohtaan olivatkin suhteellisen korkealla. Olihan tämä kuitenkin kaikesta huolimatta erinoimainen teos, ja Jancson pitkiä otoksia ja joukkokohtausten hienovaraisen tyylikästä asettelua ei voi kuin ihailla."
"Title: Csillagosok, katonak (Hungary, 1967)
Director: Miklós Jancsó
Spine number: #14, also included in collection #63
Other: Contains "Message of Stones - Budapest" (see below), the first film in Miklós Jancsó's renowned but rarely-seen documentary series Message of Stones. Also contains a booklet featuring an interview with Miklós Jancsó conducted by writer/critic Andrew James Horton.
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