The Annunciation (film)

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

The Annunciation (Angyali üdvözlet)
A Crucifixion in Byzantium
Directed by	András Jeles
Written by	András Jeles Imre Madách
Starring	Péter Bocsor [de; ru] Júlia Mérö Eszter Gyalog [hu]
Cinematography	Béla Ferenczy Sándor Kardos [eo; hu]
Edited by	Margit Galamb Zsuzsa Pósán
Music by	István Márta
Distributed by	Award Films
Release date	20 September 1984 (1984-09-20)
Running time	100 min
Country	Hungary
Language	Hungarian

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. In the dream, Adam becomes Djoser in Egypt; Miltiades in Athens; a wealthy Roman during the time of Jesus Christ; a knight called Tancred in Byzantium; Johannes 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 involving rape, betrayal, savagery, mindless cruelty and fanaticism.

Cast

• Péter Bocsor as Adam
• Júlia Mérő as Eve
• Eszter Gyalog as Lucifer
• György Belme
• Róbert Borók
• Attila Dobay
• Evelin Fehér

Production

The film is entirely performed by children. It was photographed against the fields, forests, mesas and shores of southern Hungary. The Annunciation is made in Pasolini style.

See also

• The Tragedy of Man, a 2011 animated film based on the same play

External links

• Angyali üdvözlet / The Annunciation at IMDb