Hajnal Németh, False Testimony (a version of the version), 2012, single-channel video, Full HD, color, 17:48 min

False Testimony (a Version of the Version) is a recorded opera performance based on an actual historical event that took place in 1882 and 1883 in the Hungarian village of Tiszaeszlár. This blood libel and show trial, known today as the Tiszaeszlár Affair, attracted massive media attention with significant impact on the subsequent development of anti-Semitism in Hungary. In 1981, Miklós Erdély’s Verzió focused specifically on the perjury of the key witness, 14-yearold Móric Scharf. During the trial the boy claimed to have witnessed the defendants murdering a girl in order to use her blood for baking in the coming Passover. The lyrics in the original score are based on rephrased fragments from the film’s dialogue. ln Németh’s film, the scene is set in the contemporary interior of David Chipperfield’s Architects’ office in Berlin, alluding to the present-day significance of this historical event, particularly in the context of modern anti-Semitism in Hungary.