Strangled Page #4

Synopsis: Based on real-life events, this psycho-thriller is set in the provincial Hungary of the 1960s, when a series of atrocious murders shock the small town of Martfü. 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. Stuck in the suffocating social, political and psychological world of socialist Hungary, we soon find ourselves entangled in a web of intricate conspiracy and disturbing drama.
 
IMDB:
7.1
Year:
2016
121 min
34 Views


- Sorry!

- Still can't hear!

- Sorry!

Pull yourself together!

I pull myself together every bloody day!

You need to watch his every step

and report on him.

I'm not doing that.

And I'm not always with him.

You owe me.

I know.

I can take your '56 files out

anytime I like.

I never destroyed them.

Go and f*** yourself!

If my sources are right,

you did more than deface the flag,

you put weapons in their hands.

That's not true.

Come off it, you didn't even

try to stop them getting weapons!

You're a bigger sh*t than I thought!

Okay. So now what?

Comrade Prosecutor, you...

you can be so stubborn...

I'm only doing my work.

But some people don't like that.

What are you trying to say?

No one will congratulate you...

if... the truth gets out.

I owe it to myself.

I've got to report on you.

Who to?

I can't say.

I see.

Thank you.

Go home! Good night!

And tell Juhsz

we'll have a tactical meeting.

Thank you...

How long?

19 minutes.

I pedalled my guts out!

I even cut a corner.

Rti would be a champion

to make it from here to home...

and wait for the other train, too.

That's minimum 3 minutes.

And if he didn't wait and

just pushed it over?

Then there's still something wrong.

The records show that 10 minutes passed

between the engine driver

seeing Rti at the crossing

and his neighbour hearing him come home.

The woman swears she heard the

gate straight after the church bell.

The train could have come late

but not early.

You can't see from the train

who's standing here!

And forget the hair colour!

It's impossible!

Where did you get the files from?

I found them in my mailbox.

With no sender.

Could it have been Bta?

What makes you think that?

Let's go out, out to the washroom!

You can't ask me to do that!

You can't!

He's your boss.

Your former teacher.

Your former teacher

who backed your promotion.

That's why it took me

this long to decide.

But I'm scared he's going to

endanger the investigation.

- What makes you think that?

- The Rti case.

He hid from me that Rti applied

for an appeal twice.

Do you know what I'd be risking?

If you're wrong and it turns out

I allowed you this?

But if you're not wrong...

the strength of our system is

its unpredictability...

and that's how we keep

our enemies in check.

And our friends, too.

Okay, I'll give you permission

and the boys will sort it.

But don't expect anything in writing.

And you only report to me,

is that clear?

I hope you know how far you can go!

You mustn't undermine the public's

faith in the legal system.

I trusted you. I trusted

your integrity and you f***ed me over!

Don't drink, not now!

You could have checked everything!

You're the one who raised charges!

And you'd have had him executed

despite what I said

until we had solid proof!

But you wanted to believe his guilt

and you manufactured a murderer!

- And we helped!

- Thanks!

His confession...

wasn't forced, was it?

- I didn't order him to be beaten.

- But he was beaten!

And you knew that!

This is going to f***ing take us down!

Why are you emotional now?!

Why not back then?!

And where are the blood samples

that I scraped off Rti's axe?

I gave them to you to send to the lab!

What if it was only cockerel blood

that he'd slaughtered 2 weeks

before like he said?!

You were dispassionate because

you wanted to be the champion of justice,

and it worked 'cus you ended up here,

and I've been rotting there ever since!

The internal order was

to find someone and quickly.

After the counterrevolution,

the new regime had to prove

the force of law and order,

and a murderer couldn't escape.

- I told you something wasn't right.

- You told me?!

I don't remember!

You should have shouted...

Come!

Prisoner 476 reporting.

Sit!

Take the cuffs off!

- Certain?

- Take them off!

Why did you say you were

guilty if you're innocent?

I'm not saying anything to you.

This is your only chance

to clear your record.

If you want an appeal hearing,

you need to tell the truth.

And if I tell you?

Then... maybe I'll support your case.

I loved Erzsbet Patai.

I was jealous because I knew

a driver fancied her.

I hit her.

And I wanted to kill her.

I imagined spraying a peach

with strong insecticide to give to her

and I did.

But then I washed it off, believe me!

I took it to her house

and left it in an open window

as a peace offering.

Then the next day,

when I heard she'd died...

...that Erzsi had died,

then I thought that

I must have killed her.

Who else?

Would I have poisoned her?

Of course not! I washed it off twice!

She was killed with an axe...

They only said that days later.

By that time...

things got mixed up in my head

and it all got out of control.

I lived alone at that time,

my wife had moved out with the kid.

I lied that I'd slept at my parents'

because I had no other alibi.

I see.

It was God's rightful punishment on me.

I felt that's how it had to be.

You caused immeasurable damage.

Yes, I know. My poor mother.

It's your fault...

that we didn't catch the murderer

and he carried on killing.

I'd have definitely caught him

if you'd told the truth.

If you'd believed in

your own innocence or in me.

- In the service of justice.

- What?!

They beat me to sh*t!

2 women have died since then

and 2 are seriously injured!

That leaves you with no right

to freedom or a retrial!

But I never killed anyone!

Yes you did! The other two!

You just need to bear the last few years!

- You promised to help if I...

- Bear it!

The results of the diatom

and the bone-marrow tests

led me to the conclusion

that Ibolya Sskti did not commit suicide.

She was killed.

The Rti case pointed to this.

It was imprecise.

We have managed to build a profile

of the serial killer.

A male between 35 and 40 years.

A local with a connection

to the factory.

A medium build but very strong.

Either bald or wore a hat

because we've found

no hair.

He's not mentally ill.

He plans his time to attack

and gets rid of the evidence.

He avoids a serious struggle

but he is obviously

highly aroused by the attack.

I also think

he lives a normal family life.

He sees himself as sexually inferior

and is psychologically unpredictable.

That's true of most people.

Do we have a suspect?

Not yet.

Then why the sh*t are we here?

This is unacceptable!

Should I sack you all?

Because you're unfit.

If we sack them, who'll investigate?

I f***ing won't!

Am I an idiot?

That stupid?

Bta, get out!

Get the sh*t out of here!

I'm not interested in your

professional differences!

If you don't catch him by any method soon,

you're all fired!

The whole lot of you!

Everybody's talking about this!

Martf isn't famous

because of the shoe factory.

But because of this bloody attacker!

The fear in the air here,

I mean out there,

has to be stopped!

There are no serial killers in this country!

Is that clear?

Shitting hell!

What happened?

I've got to give the truck in

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