The Journey
1959 · Movie · NR · 126 min · ★ 6.3 · 73% critics
During the 1956 upheaval in Hungary, a group of stranded foreigners tries to reach safety across the border. Their escape is delayed when a powerful Communist officer becomes fixated on one of the travelers, turning a tense journey into a mix of political danger, suspicion, and uneasy romance.
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Details
- Years
- 1959
- Release date
- 1959-02-11
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 126 min
- Critic score
- 73/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.3/10 (26 votes)
About
You may like this if you enjoy old-school wartime dramas with romance and moral tension, especially films like Suite Française or Bridge to the Sun; Not for you if you want fast pacing or a fully convincing love story.
Pros: tense Cold War setting; strong lead performances; thoughtful human drama | Cons: slow pacing; uneven romance; overlong at times
Themes
- budapest, hungary
- cold war
- hungary
- invasion
Cast & crew
Deborah Kerr
as Diana Ashmore
Yul Brynner
as Major Surov
Jason Robards
as Paul Kedes
Robert Morley
as Hugh Deverill
E.G. Marshall
as Harold Rhinelander
Anne Jackson
as Margie Rhinelander
Ron Howard
as Billy Rhinelander
Flip Mark
as Flip Rhinelander
Kurt Kasznar
as Csepege
David Kossoff
as Simon Avron
Directed by Anatole Litvak