This made-for-television movie comprises a number of short stories about heroic persons living on the puszta. The characters are all very flat and essentially all "real Hungarian" persons are supposed to be good, contrary to all others(Russians, communists) who are "evil". The movie makes the impression to be made by amateurs, especially as the sub-stories are being commented by a narrator, which is a form of movie- making that is at least outdated and very unattractive to watch. Nevertheless, this production is heralded as a milestone for many Hungarians who long for politically influenced culture. Hopefully for Hungarian cinema, this trend will one day come to an end and movies will be made for artistic reasons and value again, and not as pure nationalist political propaganda. The images of Hortobágy puszta nature are beautiful; that may be the only reason to consider spending your time on this production.
