The Annunciation (film)

Infobox_Film
name = The Annunciation (Angyali üdvözlet)

| Screenshot from movie imdb_id = 0123381
producer = Unknown
caption = A Crucifixion in Byzantium | director = András Jeles
writer = András Jeles
Imre Madách
starring = Péter Bocsor
Júlia Mérö
Eszter Gyalog
music = István Márta
cinematography = Béla Ferenczy
Sándor Kardos
editing = Margit Galamb
Zsuzsa Pósán
distributor = Award Films
released = 1984
runtime = 100 Min
language = Hungarian
budget = Unknown

"The Annunciation" (in Hungarian: "Angyali üdvözlet") is a Hungarian film directed by András Jeles in 1984, based on "The Tragedy of Man" (1861) by Imre Madách.

Plot summary

When Adam (Péter Bocsor) and Eve (Júlia Mérő), having succumbed to Lucifer's temptation, are cast out of the Garden of Eden, Adam holds Lucifer (Eszter Gyalog) to his promise, reminding him that "You said I would know everything!". So Lucifer grants Adam a dream of the world to come. And what a bizarre dream: Adam becomes Miltiades in Athens; a knight called Tancred in Byzantium; Kepler in Prague; Danton in revolutionary Paris; and a nameless suitor in Victorian London. Guided by a deceptively sweet but ultimately contemptuous Lucifer, Adam confronts an endless procession of the horror of the human story ... rapists and concubines, betrayal and savagery, mindless cruelty and fanaticism.

Production

The film is entirely performed by children. Superbly photographed against the breathtaking fields, forests, mesas and shores of southern Hungary, colourfully costumed and stunningly acted, The Annunciation makes Pasolini-like uses of its youthful cast to illustrate the horror and irrationality of our times.

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