When i first watched this movie, i was 16, and i was very impressed. In my opinion this movie is the best Hungarian movie which was made in the 20th century. I saw this movie a couple of times and i read the book as well. It is strange, i enjoyed the book as well, but i enjoyed the movie a bit more. If you didn't saw this movie yet, and you like slower philosophical movies, go and watch it, you wont regret... I think i like this movie the most because i think the same way as the author of the book did. In my opinion, if you would be able to choose between a life of an emperor and a slave, no one would choose the slave. No matter how hard his/her life was before. And as Gyuricza said in the movie, if you tell that you would choose the slave, you are a liar...
Review of The Fifth Seal
