Yes, very. More sad than 91% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does The Exam end with hope?

No. Less hopeful than 91% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The Exam easy watching?

Barely. Less comforting than 86% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Somewhat. More frightening than 61% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

The Exam

Name: The Exam
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Released: 2011
Duration: 89 min
Rating: 6.7
Cast: János Kulka, Zsolt Nagy, Péter Scherer, Gabriella Hámori, Péter Haumann

Don't trust anyone. Don't trust yourself.

Directed by Péter Bergendy

Produced by Uniofilm

201189 min6.7 / 10

A tense, paranoia-soaked examination of loyalty and betrayal in Stalinist Hungary, where trust itself becomes a weapon and survival depends on reading invisible threats.

Budapest, Hungary, Christmas 1957. The state, insecure after the defeated revolution of 1956 and increasingly put under the influence of a renewed Stalinist atmosphere, has decreed that all security officials must pass an exam to verify their loyalty. But to be actually effective in a shadowy world where suspicion and secrets reign, the subjects must be unaware that they are being tested.

Clusters

Suspicion, Guilt, and Fractured Trust Corruption and Distrust Movies About Institutional Injustice Complicity Under Pressure Government Oppression Dramas

Genres

Drama History Thriller

Keywords

Police State Budapest, Hungary Co-workers Relationship Informant Secret Police Stalinism 1950s Political Repression Christmas Eve

Questions people ask

Is The Exam sad? Yes, very. More sad than 91% of films.
Does The Exam end with hope? No. Less hopeful than 91% of films.
Is The Exam easy watching? Barely. Less comforting than 86% of films.
Is The Exam scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 61% of films.
Is The Exam violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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