The Angelmakers (2005)

33m
Running Time

November 24, 2005
Release Date

The Angelmakers (2005)

33m
Running Time

November 24, 2005
Release Date

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Plot.

The Angelmakers is a 2005 documentary that provides insight into the epidemic of arsenic murders by women, known as The Angel Makers of Nagyrév, in 1929. The film is shot on location in the rural Hungarian village of Nagyrév, alternating between portraits of the surrounding landscape and first-hand narrations by the elderly inhabitants.

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Cast & Crew.

Jan Schaten

Jan Schaten

Music

Brigitta Peszler

Brigitta Peszler

Editor

Astrid Bussink

Astrid Bussink

Director

Klara Trenscenyi

Klara Trenscenyi

Camera Operator

Katalin Naszódi

Katalin Naszódi

Producer

László Dés

László Dés

Composer

Péter Geszti

Péter Geszti

Composer

Klára Trencsényi

Klára Trencsényi

Cinematographer

Details.

Release Date
November 24, 2005

Status
Released

Running Time
33m

Genres

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This Movie Is About.

poison
hungary
arsenic

Wiki.

The Angelmakers is a 2005 documentary, the debut film of filmmaker Astrid Bussink, which provides insight into the epidemic of arsenic murders by women, known as The Angel Makers of Nagyrév, which brought worldwide attention to the area in 1929. The documentary won the First Appearance competition at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, as well as several other awards.

The film is shot on location in the rural Hungarian village of Nagyrév, alternating between portraits of the surrounding landscape and first-hand narrations by the elderly inhabitants.

Some women poisoned unwanted husbands based on their oppression, drunkenness or laziness, some because the wives had taken lovers, some because the husbands had returned home disabled from World War I. Unwanted babies were also poisoned.

A web of stories unfolds through the characters' memories which recapture old but ever-lasting tales of life, death and the struggle between the two sexes. One of them is the midwife's story as well as one of the narrators' revelation that the 'flypaper' murders were a widespread practice not only in the particular area but on a national level. The film tries to give some insight in the domestic battles that the women of the village have to fight.

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