How Long Does Man Live?
7.6
This two-part film examines the plight of the working class. In part one, an elderly factory laborer goes to work in his last days before he is forced to retire. He leaves the factory life he has always known and goes home to his wife. In the second part, a young farm boy goes off to an industrial trade school to prepare for the very work the old man left behind. The old man loses his freedom by forced retirement while the young man loses his freedom by becoming a worker faced with a lifetime of factory work.
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Judit Elek Director
First release April 11, 1967 · Produced in Hungary · Original title Meddig él az ember? I-II
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Balázs Béla Stúdió
Production
Hungary
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Original title
Meddig él az ember? I-II
Original language
Hungarian
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Hungarian
Release dates
Hungary · April 11, 1967
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France
May 1, 1968 · Cannes International Film Festival
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