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The Cost of Deception

Original title: Elk*rtuk
  • 2021
  • 2h 5m
IMDb RATING
1.5/10
41K
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Gabriella Gubás, Szabolcs Bede Fazekas, Vivianne Bánovits, and András Mózes in The Cost of Deception (2021)
True CrimeActionCrimeDramaHistoryThriller

When a young, ambitious market researcher finds out her boss is involved in the leaking of a scandalous Prime Minister speech, she decides to investigate the case to gain a position among th... Read allWhen a young, ambitious market researcher finds out her boss is involved in the leaking of a scandalous Prime Minister speech, she decides to investigate the case to gain a position among the big-shots. Based on actual events.When a young, ambitious market researcher finds out her boss is involved in the leaking of a scandalous Prime Minister speech, she decides to investigate the case to gain a position among the big-shots. Based on actual events.

  • Director
    • Keith English
  • Writer
    • Balázs Bendi
  • Stars
    • Vivianne Bánovits
    • András Mózes
    • Barna Bokor
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    1.5/10
    41K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Keith English
    • Writer
      • Balázs Bendi
    • Stars
      • Vivianne Bánovits
      • András Mózes
      • Barna Bokor
    • 22User reviews
    • 14Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Vivianne Bánovits
    • Réka
    • (as Bánovits Vivianne)
    András Mózes
    • Nándi
    • (as Mózes András)
    Barna Bokor
    Barna Bokor
    • Endre
    • (as Bokor Barna)
    Gabriella Gubás
    Gabriella Gubás
    • Klára
    • (as Gubás Gabi)
    Szabolcs Bede Fazekas
    • György
    • (as Bede-Fazekas Szabolcs)
    Zsolt Trill
    Zsolt Trill
    • Apa
    • (as Trill Zsolt)
    Richárd Szöke
    • Attila
    • (as Szöke Richárd)
    Imelda Hajdu
    • Kata
    • (as Hajdu Imelda)
    Zsolt Zayzon
    • Szilárd
    • (as Zayzon Zsolt)
    Viktor Nagy
    • J. Róbert
    • (as Nagy Viktor)
    Ferenc Jánosi
    • Zoli
    • (as Jánosi Ferenc)
    Gábor Kékessy
    Gábor Kékessy
    • Tamás
    • (as Kékesi Gábor)
    Sándor Tóth
    • Lajos
    • (as Tóth Sándor)
    Áron Öze
    Áron Öze
    • Juhász
    • (as Öze Áron)
    Béla Ficzere
    • Bandi
    • (as Ficzere Béla)
    Szilvia Darnyik
    Szilvia Darnyik
    • Zsuzsa
    • (as Darnyik Szilvia)
    Erika Pápai
    Erika Pápai
    • Piroska
    • (as Pápai Erika)
    Gábor Csöre
    • Medárd
    • (as Csöre Gábor)
    • Director
      • Keith English
    • Writer
      • Balázs Bendi
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    GP-929-763536

    Bad acting, horrible scripting

    Spending so much money on such a bad movie is a shame. Utterly boring, horrible acting and a very chaotic and unrealistic script makes this movie a waste of time.
    2Zsofilya

    I liked the dog

    What was this movie? It wouldn't be a good movie even if it wasn't a propaganda movie, as it's plot can not be followed. And it has Karácsony in it!???? This movie wants to be something, but it cannot be. The acting wasn't so bad.
    1kozka-56583

    Political propaganda piece releases just ahead of elections.

    The acting is terrible, the script is horrendous, the whole thing was made with russian money to prop up the fidesz regime for one more term so they can finally completely turn our country in to a dictatorship. Funny how this was shown for free in movie theaters and the turnout was way below expectations, so now they conveniently release it on state TV, which still spews verbatim russian propaganda, just a month before election. On the same state TV that will not give any time for opposition politicians, but will always gladly show orban roll around acting like he's doing good for the country, meanwhile he and his cronies managed to steal so much that the country is nearing economic collapse. They keep beating the drum about how we live better than ever before. I guess that's why they had to mandate a price-freeze on basic groceries. Inflation is getting to a point where people are having trouble affording groceries.

    I've never seen something more disgusting in my life, and I'm ashamed to be a hungarian.
    1birofeco

    Disaster of Hungarian film industry

    Finally I could watch free (I didn't want to watch it in the cinema because I paid the price of the filming with my tax) this "political drama" after it was on show on the Hungarian TV channel TV2.

    If I had to describe it in one word: terrible. Don't watch it, it is a 2 hours long suffering. The sounds are unclassifiable, you can't hear the dialogues in the most scenes. The story is untraceable. The acting performance is below average, it seems they did it only for a lot of money.

    The purpose of the film isn't the entertainment. It has just one purpose: character murder of Klára Dobrev before the Hungarian election in April, 2022. Tiny beauty flaw that the prime minister nominee isn't Dobrev.

    So my rating is 1* becaust this isn't a real movie, this is just another one propaganda product of the Hungarian government from the tax-payers money. From that money which could be much more useful in the health care or in the education, where people earn less money than an operator in a factory. This is a shame...
    1imre-gonczi

    After watching an animated show about sibilings this is still worst.

    I have watched two movies/series this week. One is this movie and another or a series. The amount of effor went into this movie is horrible. The acting is horrible and feels like I am watching a Brazil soap opera the After watching an animated show about sibilings this is still worst. Go watch Arcane from Netflix! It's great compared to this dump!

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    • Trivia
      The original Hungarian title, "Elk*rtuk" (with a censored "ú") translates to "We F*cked Up". It's a quote from a leaked recording of the infamous Öszöd speech, in which then-prime minister Ferenc Gyurcsány told his party members that they have lied to the Hungarian population for years.
    • Goofs
      When Réka asks the taxi driver to bring her "to the university", the driver knows to which one. Where Réka was picked up, there are 4 universities in the vicinity.

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    • Release date
      • October 21, 2021 (Hungary)
    • Country of origin
      • Hungary
    • Official sites
      • Movie Facebook site
      • Official site of the film on Production Company Megafilm's link
    • Languages
      • Hungarian
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Elk*rtuk
    • Filming locations
      • Budapest, Hungary
    • Production company
      • Megafilm
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $600,610
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 5 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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