The Fifth Seal

The Fifth Seal

Let Both The Guilty and the Innocent Live In Fear

1976112 min8.0 / 10

A morally corrosive philosophical inquiry set in wartime Budapest, where a hypothetical question about guilt and innocence poisons the bonds between ordinary men.

In 1944 Budapest, a watchmaker, a book seller and a carpenter are drinking in a bar with the owner, when they are joined by a stranger. The watchmaker poses a hypothetical that will change their lives forever.

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