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Review

Hungary's premiere director Janscó sets this haunting antiwar drama in central Russia during the Civil War of 1918, in which the Red Army tangled with a counterrevolutionary threat from the Whites in the hills along the Volga River. The action centers around a monastery where a group of nurses do their best to conceal the identities of the wounded and administer equal care to all. Employing remarkable visuals, Janscó forges a compelling treatise on the absurdity of war and the humiliation of mechanical slaughter. (Hungarian with English subtitles)