The Tragedy of Man

Based on the play form Imre Madach written in 1861, one of the major works of Hungarian literature. An amazingly deep play that is often compared with Milton's "Paradise lost" and Dante's "Divine comedy".

The scope fo the original play is inmense, deeply philosophical and incredibly rich in simbological and historical meaning. It goes from different stages of humanity with Adam, Eve and Lucifer and in each stage humanity's spirit strives for purpose in it's constant struggle. So it has already from the beginning a source material that is absolutely top notch literature.

Then comes Marcell Jankovics and makes this insane project, adapting this play in almost 30 years of work into a feature lenght movie.

And what a movie it is! Every single moment you eyes and ears are bombarded with constant information. If you are into ancient history, philosophy, existencialism, religion, art history... you're gonna love it.

Every single historical period is represented in the original style from the era, and it keeps mutating and transforming in front of your eyes. Every change and symbol that appears adds to the enormous amount of information.

So, I deeply encourage everyone to see it. Just try to be very awake cause there's a lot to take in.