Recsk 1950–1953: The Story Of A Secret Concentration Camp In Communist Hungary

Recsk 1950–1953: The Story Of A Secret Concentration Camp In Communist Hungary, Hungarian: Recsk 1950–1953, egy titkos kényszermunkatábor története is a 1988 Hungarian documentary film directed by Lívia Gyarmathy and her husband Géza Böszörményi. Documentary tells the story of Recsk, Hungary's most notorious political prison camp, the Recsk forced labor camp, which operated between 1950 and 1953. During the early 1950s the very existence of this camp for political prisoners at Recsk was one of the Hungarian communist regime's deepest secrets.

Recsk 1950–1953: The Story Of A Secret Concentration Camp In Communist Hungary
HungarianRecsk 1950-1953, egy titkos kényszermunkatábor története
Directed byGéza Böszörményi, Lívia Gyarmathy
CountryHungary
LanguageHungarian

This was the first Hungarian documentary about the political prison camps of the 1950s in Hungary, and helped prepare the ground for the so-called "system change", the end of socialism in Hungary. In the movie, director Lívia Gyarmathy interviews both old guards and prisoners of Recsk. The idea for the movie came from Géza Böszörményi, who himself was imprisoned in Recsk.

Awards and accolades

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Date Ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result Ref.
November 25, 1989 2nd European Film Awards Best Documentary Recsk 1950-1953: The Story Of A Secret Concentration Camp In Communist Hungary Won [1]

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