The Corporal and the Others

The Corporal and the Others (Hungarian: A tizedes meg a többiek) is a 1965 Hungarian comedy film directed by Márton Keleti.[1]

The Corporal and the Others
Directed byMárton Keleti
StarringTamás Major
Imre Sinkovits
Release date
  • 15 April 1965 (1965-04-15)
Running time
1h 51min
CountryHungary
LanguageHungarian

Cast

Plot

Somewhere in Hungary, in the last days of World War II, Corporal Ferenc Molnár is on the run on a motorbike. He has deserted his unit and taken its money with him. On his journey, he gathers around him a socially and politically diverse group of men whose aim is the same as his: Surviving the war...

Background

As a satirical comedy about the war - a novelty at the time -, the film became an immediate commercial and critical sensation in mid-1960s Hungary and was seen by 2.2 million visitors. By putting a cunning Everyman into the center of the plot, not heroical partisans, and satirizing all sides, this new type of war film spoke to many everyday Hungarians.[2]

The quote Az oroszok már a spájzban vannak! (The Russians are already in the pantry!) immediately entered the spoken Hungarian language and has been used in many variations since then.[3]

Accolades

Hungarian Film Festival 1966:

  • Main award for best film (together with Twenty Hours (Húsz óra) by Zoltán Fábry and My Way Home (Így jöttem) by Miklós Jancsó)
  • Best male actor (Imre Sinkovits)
  • Special Award of the Jury for best director (Márton Keleti)

Awards of the Hungarian Film Critics 1965:[4]

  • Special Award
  • Best male actor (Imre Sinkovits)

References
  1. "The Corporal and the Others". National Film Institute. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
  2. "Alapfilmek: A tizedes meg a többiek (in Hungarian)". National Film Institute. Retrieved 2020-11-11.
  3. Ibid.
  4. cf. Film Színház Muzsika, 4 February l966, p. 21.
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