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The Hungarian
Servant |
Tues. Dec. 6; 3:30 pm
South Florida Premiere
Italy, 2004; G. Molteni & M. Piesco, directors
Italian w/ English subtitles; 108 minutes
The casual cruelty of the German concentration
camp Major is as stunning as the vacuousness of his
beautiful wife. When the Major orders two
Expressionist paintings destroyed, Miklos, an
educated Hungarian Jew whom they've made their
servant, explains their worth. By exploiting
Dailermann’s love of opera and music, and his wife’s
vanity, Miklos succeeds for a brief time in
preserving certain works of art and prolonging the
lives of musicians and artists deported to the death
camp. With a shocking juxtaposition of beauty and
brutality, the film is a fascinating contrast
between the need for order, control and repression,
and the artistic instincts and yearning for freedom
that make us human.
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