简介：HungarianRhapsody(MagyarRapszodia)isthefirstchapterofdirectorMiklosJancso'stwo-partdramatizedhistoryofHungary,fromtheturnofthecentury,toWorldWarII.ThestoryistoldfromthevantagepointofGyorgyCserhalmi,thesonofawealthylandowner.DuringWorldWarI,Cserhalmiisinstrumentalinquellinganarmymutiny.Uponrealizingthathehasbeenresponsibleforthedeathsofseveralpeasantconscripts,Cserhalmivowstobeamanofthepeoplewhenhostilitiescease.Hejoinsacommunistcell,butfindsheiswoefullyoutofplace.Throughoutthe1920sand1930s,Cserhalmi'spoliticalviewpointisgovernedalmostexclusivelybyhisvacillatingemotions.ThefilmisenhancedwithaRussianRouletteleitmotif,notunlikethefatalisticthroughlineofMichaelCimino'sTheDeerHunter.DirectorJancsofollowedHungarianRhapsodywithAllegroBarbaro;bothfilmswereoriginallyreleasedintandem,thenredistributedasseparatefeatures.~HalErickson,AllMovieGuide