The Exam

Oct 13, 2011

1h 29m

★ 6.9

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

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

History

Thriller

Production Companies

Uniofilm

The Exam Trailers

Cast

Pál Markó

János Kulka

András Jung

Zsolt Nagy

Emil Kulcsár

Péter Scherer

Éva Gáti

Gabriella Hámori

Colonel Rozgonyi

Péter Haumann

Imre Csapó

Ferenc Elek

Ferenc Dohány

András Balogh

Varga

László Széles

Vígh

Áron Dimény

Filmmaker Radnai

Gábor Hellebrandt

Pálmai

Lehel Kovács

Priest

Péter Haás Vander

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