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The Exam
The Exam

The Exam

Don't trust anyone. Don't trust yourself.

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Budapest, Hungary, Christmas 1957. The state, insecure after the defeated revolution of 1956 and increasingly put under the influence of a renewed Stalinist atmosphere, has decreed that all security officials must pass an exam to verify their loyalty. But to be actually effective in a shadowy world where suspicion and secrets reign, the subjects must be unaware that they are being tested.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Hungarian

Runtime

89 mins

Rating

6.9/10

Release Date

13 October 2011

Country

Hungary

Cast

János Kulka

János Kulka

Pál Markó

Zsolt Nagy

Zsolt Nagy

András Jung

Péter Scherer

Péter Scherer

Emil Kulcsár

Gabriella Hámori

Gabriella Hámori

Éva Gáti

Péter Haumann

Péter Haumann

Colonel Rozgonyi

Ferenc Elek

Ferenc Elek

Imre Csapó

András Balogh

András Balogh

Ferenc Dohány

László Széles

László Széles

Varga

Áron Dimény

Áron Dimény

Vígh

Gábor Hellebrandt

Gábor Hellebrandt

Filmmaker Radnai

Lehel Kovács

Lehel Kovács

Pálmai

Péter Haás Vander

Péter Haás Vander

Priest

Mihály Szabados

Mihály Szabados

Literary Informer Bolha

János Papp

János Papp

Photographer

Pap Vera

Pap Vera

Egriné

Anita Tóth

Anita Tóth

Doorwoman

Varga Mária

Varga Mária

Janka

Tamás Dvorák

Tamás Dvorák

Doorman

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