1989 / First Hand Films ; Eurimages ; Magic Hour Films ; in coproduction with DR/ZDF/RBB/VPRO ; in association with ARTE/NRK/YLE/Česká Televize/UR ; a film by Anders Östergaard & Erzsébet Rácz ; director, Anders Östergaard ; co-director, Erzsébet Rácz ; script, Erzsébet Rácz & Anders Östergaard ; producer, Lise Lense-Møller ; produced by Magic Hour Films.

Forty-year-old academic economist Miklos Nemeth was more surprised than anyone when he was named Prime Minister of Hungary. It was 1989, and the Communist system was on the brink of collapse. Nemeth, an outsider with few friends in the Party, was charged with the seemingly impossible task of saving...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Danmarks radio
Eurimages (Organization)
First Hand Films (Firm)
Icarus Films
Magic Hour Films
Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg
VPRO
Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen
Other Authors: Østergaard, Anders, 1965- (Film director, Screenwriter)
Lense-Møller, Lise (Film producer)
Németh, Miklós (Narrator)
Rácz, Erzsébet (Film director, Screenwriter)
Language:English
Hungarian
Language and/or Writing System:
In English and Hungarian, with English subtitles.
Published: [Brooklyn, New York] : [Distributed by Icarus Films], [2015]
Subjects:
Németh, Miklós.
Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989.
World politics > 1985-1995.
Hungary > Politics and government > 1945-1989.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Genre:
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Online Access:
Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (Alexander Street)
Physical Description:1 streaming video file (58 min.) : digital, sound, color
Variant Title:
Statesman opens up
Format: Electronic Video
Description
Summary:
Forty-year-old academic economist Miklos Nemeth was more surprised than anyone when he was named Prime Minister of Hungary. It was 1989, and the Communist system was on the brink of collapse. Nemeth, an outsider with few friends in the Party, was charged with the seemingly impossible task of saving the country from bankruptcy. This films depicts how this political ingenue guided Hungary through its most critical period in three decades--and laid the groundwork for the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Note:Originally produced by: Magic Hour Films, c2014.
Title from title frames.
Call Number:DB956 .A12 2015
Credits:Editors, Pernille Bech-Christensen, Szilvia Ruszev - BFS, Thomas Papapetros ; director of photography, Simon Plum - DFF ; composer, Stein Berge Svendsen.
System Details:Mode of access: World Wide Web.
System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.
Participant or Performer:
Featuring, Miklós Németh.
Source of Description:
Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed August 18, 2015).