Strangled

Original title: A martfüi rém

2016
2h 1m

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7.0/10

6.6K

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Zsolt Anger, Károly Hajduk, and Gábor Jászberényi in Strangled (2016)

"There are no serial killers in this country. Is that clear?"

Based on real-life events, Strangled is a social, political and psychological thriller set in the provincial Hungary of the 1960s at the height of socialism, when a series of atrocious murders shock the small town of Martfu.

A psychotic killer is on the prowl, who continues to slaughter young women while an innocent man is wrongly accused and sentenced for crimes he could never have committed. A determined detective arrives on the scene and soon becomes obsessed with the case while under pressure from the prosecutor to see a man hang. We soon find ourselves entangled in a web of intricate conspiracy and disturbing drama.

Winner of NINE Hungarian Film Awards in 2017, this dark and gritty thriller directed by Árpád Sopsits, grapples with an incredible anomaly of crime and punishment as it examines and expands the extraordinary story of the infamously malicious Martfu Murderer.

Screening at festivals in the UK in 2017, and released in cinemas in early 2018.

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True Crime Crime Drama Horror Mystery Thriller

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Director
- Árpád Sopsits
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IMDb RATING

7.0/10

6.6K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Árpád Sopsits
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 14 wins

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Trivia
Abigél Szõke's debut.

Alternate versions
Series: The film was made into a four-part mini-series in 2020 with a new main title and an additional 30-35 minutes of scenes omitted from the feature film.

Connections
Featured in A martfüi rém - Werkfilm (2016)

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10/10

wow, great serial killer thriller!

What a surprise! 9+, this movie is well scripted. sex is Not gratuitous, as each scenes reinforce the whole. better then Hannibal or se7en as it feel real and complicate , lots of psychological revelations by the end, what a great Film.