The Crazy Circles Of Freedom

A szabadság bolond körei
Hungarian Panorama
András Dér
Klára Muhi
Hungary
2018
52min
Hungarian

The “madhouse” of Intapuszta was located far from the capital, in the remote Batthyány castle. It was a legendary institution in the 1960s and 1970s, where tolerated artists and anti-state aristocrats lived together with ordinary patients. Intapuszta was the first humane, fenceless, work-therapy institution in Hungary. It blossomed in the 1960s when Dénes Goldschmidt became the director of the institute. The reform psychiatrist created a special shelter—an antipsychotic institution for people who could not adapt to the "normal world". In this particular subculture, both the patient and the caregiver thrived. They held theater performances, organized their own radio show, edited literary anthologies, and organized sport competitions (the “Crazy Olympians”).

Projections: 
11.14. Thursday 19:00
Toldi - Small Hall
English Subtitle
Q&A
Co-director: 
Jakab György
Producer: 
Mécs Mónika
Muhi András
Mesterházy Ernő
Co-producer: 
Ferenczy Gábor
Editor: 
Rózsahegyi Regő
Camera: 
Balázs Sándor
Dér András
Kapronczai Erika
Sound: 
Bányay Gábor
Varga Tamás
Varga Tamás
Production info: 
M&M Film Company
Distribution info: 
M&M Film, Mónika Mécs, immfilm.hu