| The Corporal and the Others | |
| Director: | Márton Keleti |
| Starring: | Tamás Major Imre Sinkovits |
| Studio: | Mafilm |
| Country: | Hungary |
| Language: | Hungarian |
| Runtime: | 1h 51min |
The Corporal and the Others (Hungarian: A tizedes meg a többiek) is a 1965 Hungarian comedy film directed by Márton Keleti.[1] The film was chosen to be part of the Budapest Twelve, a list of Hungarian films considered the best in 1968.[2]
Somewhere in Hungary, in the last days of World War II, Corporal Ferenc Molnár is on the run on a motorbike. He has deserted his unit and taken its money with him. On his journey, he gathers around him a socially and politically diverse group of men whose aim is the same as his: Surviving the war.
As a satirical comedy about the war - a novelty at the time - the film became an immediate commercial and critical sensation in mid-1960s Hungary and was seen by 2.2 million viewers. By putting a cunning everyman into the center of the plot, not heroical partisans, and satirizing all sides, this new type of war film spoke to many everyday Hungarians.[3]
The quote Az oroszok már a spájzban vannak! (The Russians are already in the pantry!) immediately entered the spoken Hungarian language and has been used in many variations since then.[3]
Hungarian Film Festival 1966:
Awards of the Hungarian Film Critics 1965:[4]