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      1989 1h 44m Drama List
      Reviews A former TV star (Chris Sarandon) makes a Holocaust movie about a Hungarian poet in a Nazi death march. Read More Read Less

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      John Oursler Village Voice The film's meta qualities resonate mostly due to King's understanding of the ways in which media can help people process the past. Oct 29, 2013 Full Review Prairie Miller NewsBlaze Curiously of interest in this re-release, is Hollywood butting heads with the Holocaust. And the warped values of Hollywood ideology playing out dangerously in US society as the 'exceptionalism' of winning and dominating moral discourse at any cost. Oct 20, 2013 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Audience Member Most Holocaust-themed movies focus either on survivors (Sophie's Choice, The Pawnbroker) who struggle to deal with their past ordeal in flashbacks, or on those who tried something heroic or special (Schindler's List, The Great Escape). But this one, Forced March, is one of the few to speak for the victims... for those who tried to survive but couldn't... by focusing on the true story of Miklos Radnoti, Hungary's greatest poet, who was shot into a mass grave on a forced march but left a notebook of his harrowing poems written in 'real time' as he suffered through his last months. And by structuring the story through the eyes of a contemporary actor who thinks he's going to portray a hero, but instead finds the reality of a victim, the movie at once shows the difficulty in getting close enough to the horrors of that reality, and also makes the dilemma relevant for current & future generations... how would you have acted? Because, for most of us, what we see in movies can become the truth. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/20/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis A former TV star (Chris Sarandon) makes a Holocaust movie about a Hungarian poet in a Nazi death march.
      Director
      Rick King
      Producer
      Rick Karo, George Zelma
      Screenwriter
      Dick Atkins, Karl Bardosh
      Production Co
      Atkins Pictures
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Mar 27, 2016
      Runtime
      1h 44m
      Sound Mix
      Surround
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