The Exam (2011)

6.9 | Oct 13, 2011 (HU) | Drama, History, Thriller | 01:29

https://nfi.hu/en/film/the-exam

police state budapest, hungary co-workers relationship informant secret police stalinism 1950s political repression christmas eve

Don't trust anyone. Don't trust yourself.

Budapest, Hungary, Christmas 1957. The state, insecure after the defeated revolution of 1956 and increasingly put under the influence of a renewed Stalinist atmosphere, has decreed that all security officials must pass an exam to verify their loyalty. But to be actually effective in a shadowy world where suspicion and secrets reign, the subjects must be unaware that they are being tested.