The Right Man for a Delicate Mission

The Right Man for a Delicate Mission (1985)

In this somewhat uneven political satire, good revolutionaries have overthrown a totalitarian state riddled with corruption on all levels when a truly naive bureaucrat (Boguslaw Linda) is placed on a jury that will judge the results of a history competition. Once on the jury, the young bureaucrat starts looking into the past himself and gets embroiled in a labyrinth. The past may well be unclear because recent leaders have certain facts that need to be kept buried. Filmmaker Janos Kovacsi borrows characteristics from revolutions in the Eastern European block (1950s-1980s) to create this post-revolutionary society with an idealist commander (Ferenc Zenthe) meant to lead them. A clue as to what happens next lies in the opening scene -- the funeral of the commander who has given his life for his cause. Ironically, Kovacsi undoubtedly faced censorship on this film. That would not only account for some uneven narration, but it adds a dimension of reality to the topic at hand.

Director: János Kovácsi
Writers: János Kovácsi, Juha Vakkuri.

Casts

	Ottilia Borbáth as a Rendõrfõnök titkárnõje
	István Bozóky as Minister
	Enikő Eszenyi as ápolónő
	Sándor Eszes as õr
	Anna Fehér as M., fiatal nõ
	Sándor Halmágyi as A nyilvántartás fõnöke
	Frigyes Hollósi as Nyomozó
	Vilmos Kun as Professor
	Bogusław Linda as S., a férfi
	Rajhona Ádám as a Történelmi pályázat titkára
	Esko Salminen as Rendõrfõnök
	Ottó Stettner as õr
	Ottó Szabó as Szóviv/Otilde
	Eszter Szakács as a Férfi titkárnõje
	Beata Tyszkiewicz as L., az államtitkár felesége
	Ferenc Zenthe as Parancsnok

Crew