The ELTE–NFI University Film Club screening and discussion series continues. We welcome university members from all ELTE faculties.
The experimental film takes place in North-Caroline. In the last days of the American Civil War three prominent figures from the 1849 Hungarian emigration fight on the side of the North: János Fiala, cartographer and artillery officer, scientist and rationalist; Ádám Vereczky, the heroic fatalist and Fiala’s assistant; as well as the emotional Boldogh, who struggles with homesickness. The fate of these „slowed-down” revolutionaries is equally bleak. The swaggering Vereczky meets a senseless death on a giant swing, which he manages to measure with his theodolite. Boldogh longs for home, perhaps to die; for Fiala, a single possibility looms: he can take part in the construction of the Pacific Railroad.
The archaic word ‘anzix’ refers to a postcard, as if we were looking at a contemporary document. But Gábor Bódy’s graduation film is an experimental work through and through. From time to time, the illusion of period authenticity is shattered, surprising and jarring the viewer.
Date: 7 October 2026, 6 p.m.
Venue: ELTE University Library and Archives, community space (1053 Budapest, Ferenciek tere 6.)
Director, screenwriter: Gábor Bódy
Cinematographer: István Lugossy
Editor: Péter Tímár
Music: Ferenc Liszt, Ferenc Sebő
Cast: Sándor Csutoros, György Cserhalmi, András Fekete, László Felföldi, Keith Craine, Ed Hewitt
Our guests for the post-screening discussion will be Róbert Hermann, Széchenyi Prize-winning Hungarian historian, journalist, and writer; and György Farkas, film historian and researcher of Gábor Bódy’s oeuvre.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfYuPyKgBn0
Due to limited seating, please register in advance at https://www.ajk.elte.hu/amerikai-anzix-1975.
The organisers welcome emails regarding the film club at eltenfi.filmklub@elte.hu
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