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The Forgotten Faces

1961

Drama / History / War

The Forgotten Faces

1961

Drama / History / War

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6.7/10 · 412

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politics docudrama short film

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Plot summary

“The Forgotten Faces (1961), a film reconstruction of the Hungarian revolution of 1956, won Watkins another amateur Oscar, and to this day, the film is praised in England as "one of the most memorable amateur films ever made".

Director

Peter Watkins

Top cast

Brian Turner as

Frances Mercer as

Michael Roy as

John Newing as

Tech specs

720p.BLU 1080p.BLU

173.67 MB

962*720

English 2.0

23.976 fps

12 hr 18 min

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322.39 MB

1440*1078

English 2.0

23.976 fps

12 hr 18 min

Seeds 2

Comments 2

Gars 575 days ago

¿De verdad no sabes poner películas clásicas de largometraje de los años 40, 50 o 60 en edición Bluray?, ¿tan difícil es o es que ya no hay editada absolutamente ninguna de esa clase? O subes películas marginales que no valen para nada, o ediciones en 480 de Dvd, o cortometrajes, o copias de mala calidad.... ¡¡Sube películas normales de una vez!!

astrorock 575 days ago

Dafuq is an amateur oscar? "Amateur OSCAR" refers to the OSCAR series of amateur radio satellites (Orbiting Satellites Carrying Amateur Radio)

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IMDb reviews

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7 / 10

Despite The Conflated Politics A Memorable Amateur Film

Theo Robertson

Say what you like about Peter Watkins but you can never accuse his work of being uninteresting . This early piece is of am almost forgotten chapter of post war…

Say what you like about Peter Watkins but you can never accuse his work of being uninteresting . This early piece is of am almost forgotten chapter of post war European history that of The Hungarian uprising against Soviet rule in 1956 . Now this seems like a strange choice of subject matter for Watkins since his anti-war politics are very well known but this alone should intrigue a potential audience . Doubly so since it's " an amateur production " .where with the exception of Watkins himself no one involved in the production were professional film makers .This extends to the cast themselves and the film was shot in KentAccording to Watkins official website he was influenced by Truffaut's Les Quatre Cents Coups and not as one might expect the Italian Neo Realists . One can't help thinking that despite not mentioning him Watkins might very well have been influenced by the great Andrzej Wajda and these Hungarian revolutionaries mirror those of the Warsaw uprising in KANAL . You can almost hear " These tragic heroes . Watch them in their last remaining hours of their lives " and the audience knows who side to take . These Hungarians are freedom fighters oppressed by Soviet rule so it doesn't really matter if they execute captured policemen because all's fair in love and war . Strange then that the film ends with the narration that: " "There has to be a right and wrong in any human conflict. This most tragic of revolutions can be no exception. But in any conflict between two major creeds, one of which you believe in, there has to be a final taking of sides. And if those who happened to believe - as these Hungarian freedom fighters believed - had also taken a strong moral stand on their behalf at a time when it most mattered, then it is more than likely that more than 20,000 of these people need not have given their lives or their liberty for this belief." Sorry but I don't understand the point being made here ? Putting it in to historical perspective at the same time The Hungarian Uprising happened Britain , France and Israel were involved in invading Egypt to gain control of the Suez Canal and the eyes of the World were on this intervention rather than in Eastern Europe . America did all it could in ending that crisis by severe political and diplomatic coercion against these three nations . It couldn't use that same coercion against the Soviet Union because the USSR was a superpower with no dependency on America . The only option would have been military intervention on Hungary's behalf and that would have started World War Three and considering Watkins most famous work is the Oscar winning THE WAR GAME I doubt if that's what he's advocating so the political message seems slightly confused and seems to be having a dig at the Western democracies rather than where the fault lies - Stalinist socialism That said for an amateur film it's a quantum step forward from Watkins previous short film DIARY OF AN UNKNOWN SOLDIER . Truth be told it's also superior from a directorial view point as some of his later work that relies far too heavily on close up . Here Watkins employs a good mix of medium and long shots too and you'd never believe that it was shot in the English Home counties . There is a slight annoyance that on screen movement seems slightly exaggerated but again you have to remember this is amateur film making which is very effective and poignant

8 / 10

The short lived people's revolt in Hungary

Captain_Couth

Peter Watkins tells the story of the short lived revolt of the people in Hungary against the Soviet backed regime that toppled their democratically elected…

9 / 10

Where to obtain film

MuffSurprise

This film is available in its entirety as an extra on the BBC DVD release of Watkins' 1964 film "Culloden" (PAL region 2 - UK). It is also very interesting to…

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