A young, revolutionary couple aboard the last train leaving Budapest after the Russian invasion of 1956. Based on a novel by the Austrian writer Stefan Zweig.
Acting
Hajduk's micro-expressions carry entire scenes
Direction
Tóth turns one train car into a pressure cooker
Writing
Zweig adaptation that respects your intelligence
Director
Barnabás Tóth
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 1956 Hungarian Revolution saw 200,000+ refugees flee west; this train captures one fictional crossing of that real exodus.
Zweig's original story 'The Royal Game' was written in 1942 exile; Tóth transposes its Nazi chess obsession to Soviet-era Hungary, making the master's silence even more loaded.
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