Blood Path
This film tells the tale of Hungary's flip from frozen East to Wild West, where gunfights and gangland killings suddenly became commonplace. The political changes of the late 80s saw Hungary in a stat…
Blood Path
This film tells the tale of Hungary's flip from frozen East to Wild West, where gunfights and gangland killings suddenly became commonplace. The political changes of the late 80s saw Hungary in a state of general disarray by the beginning of the 90s, with policeman involved in criminal activity and businessmen operating like gangsters. The transformation involved a great deal of sacrifice and bloodshed. This film tells the tale of Hungary's flip from frozen East to Wild West, where gunfights and gangland killings suddenly became commonplace. This film investigates a subject that no one has looked at since the regime change in Hungary. A serious and all-encompassing documentary film has never been made about the underworld figures of the 1990s or about their power disputes and system of corruption, or those who benefitted from its profits. Trail of Blood shows the workings of this seedy underworld and the way in which Hungary was divided up between various criminal gangs and Budapest-based nightclub owners. Szabolcs Kisberk's film looks at a series of unresolved crimes from the 1990s that included oil scams and gangland murders. The film sheds light on the links between the underworld and the secret service and the network that included criminal bosses and figures high up in the secret service and national politics. The film includes interviews with two former heads of the Serious Crime Department, Péter Doszpot and Ferenc Chilkó, as well as the mother of Támas Portik's girlfriend and Péter Tasnádi. The film also features rare archive footage and dramatic reconstructions.
Blood Path
Documentary
Film Details
This film tells the tale of Hungary's flip from frozen East to Wild West, where gunfights and gangland killings suddenly became commonplace. The political changes of the late 80s saw Hungary in a state of general disarray by the beginning of the 90s, with policeman involved in criminal activity and businessmen operating like gangsters. The transformation involved a great deal of sacrifice and bloodshed.
This film tells the tale of Hungary's flip from frozen East to Wild West, where gunfights and gangland killings suddenly became commonplace. This film investigates a subject that no one has looked at since the regime change in Hungary. A serious and all-encompassing documentary film has never been made about the underworld figures of the 1990s or about their power disputes and system of corruption, or those who benefitted from its profits.
Trail of Blood shows the workings of this seedy underworld and the way in which Hungary was divided up between various criminal gangs and Budapest-based nightclub owners. Szabolcs Kisberk's film looks at a series of unresolved crimes from the 1990s that included oil scams and gangland murders. The film sheds light on the links between the underworld and the secret service and the network that included criminal bosses and figures high up in the secret service and national politics.
The film includes interviews with two former heads of the Serious Crime Department, Péter Doszpot and Ferenc Chilkó, as well as the mother of Támas Portik's girlfriend and Péter Tasnádi. The film also features rare archive footage and dramatic reconstructions..