by Sandra Brennan
synopsis
In this stark political satire, a poor Hungarian dike worker is utterly bewildered by the unfathomable red tape of Stalin's bureaucracy. Though the film was made in 1969, it wasn't released in Hungary until 1978.
characteristics
- High Artistic Quality
- High Historical Importance
- Totalitarian States
- Political Corruption
- Comedy On The Edge
- Bumbler
- Worker
- Bumbling
- Bureaucracy
- Government
- Bureaucrat
- Against-the-system