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"Red Earth"
1982
Directed by Laszlo Vitezy

A shrewd satire about Communism, Hungarian style. A bauxite mixer discovers his pigs have unearthed high quality bauxite from his back yard. The troubles start when the village bureaucrats and bauxite prospectors insist the discovery was the result of careful, methodical planning. With Imre Nemeth, Sandor Kocsis, Kalman Toronyi and Ferenc Togh. Hungarian with English subtitles.
105 minutes.