Feature film Competition film 44th Film Week

Mesterjátszma

Director
Tóth Barnabás
Length
90 min
Production company
Innoplay Kft., Sparks Kft.

Awards at the 44th Hungarian Film Week

  • Best Actor – Hajduk Károly
Mesterjátszma – poster

About the film

Master Game, loosely inspired by Stefan Zweig’s The Royal Game, follows Márta (Sára Varga-Járó) and István (Gergely Váradi) as they attempt to flee Hungary on the last refugee train in November 1956. Alongside the young couple, the Church’s priceless relics are also being transported toward the western border and freedom. Meanwhile, B (Károly Hajduk), a Catholic priest, is tortured by the regime in an attempt to extract the relics’ location. The characters’ fates intertwine aboard the train during a high-stakes chess match, where not only the fate of the treasures but also the lives of the lovers hang in the balance.

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Credits

Director
Tóth Barnabás
Producer
Szurmay János, Szabó Máté
Screenplay
Fonyódi Tibor, Tóth Barnabás
Cinematography
Másik Szőke András
Editor
Szalai Károly
Music
Keresztes Gábor
Sound
Lukács Péter Benjámin
Production design
Hujber Balázs
Costume design
Szlávik Juli
Cast
Hajduk Károly, Mácsai Pál, Váradi Gergely, Varga-Járó Sára, Péterfy Bori
Production company
Innoplay Kft., Sparks Kft.