| 1945 | |
| Director: | Ferenc Török |
| Music: | Tibor Szemző |
| Cinematography: | Elemér Ragályi |
| Editing: | Béla Barsi |
| Studio: | Katapult Film |
| Distributor: | Katapult Film |
| Runtime: | 91 minutes |
| Country: | Hungary |
| Language: | Hungarian |
| Gross: | $1 million[1] |
1945 is a 2017 Hungarian drama film directed by Ferenc Török[2] and co-written by Török and Gábor T. Szántó. It concerns two Jewish survivors of the Holocaust who arrive in a Hungarian village in August 1945, and the paranoid reactions of the villagers, some of whom fear that these and other Jews are coming to reclaim Jewish property.[3]
The film was screened in the Panorama section at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival and was awarded the 3rd place prize in the Panorama Audience Award.[4]
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 97%, based on 67 reviews, and an average rating of 7.7/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "1945 sifts through the aftermath of the Holocaust to offer a sober, well-crafted look at a variety of weighty themes."[5] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 73 out of 100, based on 13 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[6]