βThe Hungarian Dressmakerβ Review: A Seamstress Feels Hemmed in by Authoritarianism in Taut Slovakian Drama
7 December 2024 at 00:30
Looking back seems to offer a prescient look ahead in βThe Hungarian Dressmaker,β Iveta GrΓ³fovΓ‘βs compelling adaptation of Peter KriΕ‘tΓΊfekβs novella βEmma and the Deathβs Head,β set in Slovakia during World War II. At the time, locals had to navigate the uncharted territory of authoritarianism, when the far-right Hlinka Slovak Peopleβs Party rose to power [β¦]