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The Annunciation (1984) András Jeles, Péter Bocsor, Júlia Mérö, Eszter Gyalog
When Adam and Eve having succumbed to Lucifer’s temptation, are cast out of the Garden of Eden Read More »
The Wind Blows Under Your Feet (1976) György Szomjas, Djoko Rosic, István Bujtor, Vladan Holec
This ballad-like saga opens with image of a lone horseman on the empty plain, riding past a rude gallows. Read More »
Twenty Hours (1965) Zoltán Fábri, Antal Páger, János Görbe, Emil Keres
The reporter spends only twenty hours in the village. In his conversations, twenty years of history unfolds. Read More »
141 Minutes from the Unfinished Sentence (1975) Zoltán Fábri, András Bálint, Mari Csomós, Zoltán Latinovits
Parcen Lörinc the Great, the son of a large-scale family, is eager to be among the workers often to visit one of the suburban pubs. Read More »
The Stud Farm (1978) András Kovács, József Madaras, Ferenc Bács, Ferenc Fábián
A new supervisor arrives at a horse ranch, but he is not at all well liked Read More »
The Agitators (1971) Dezsö Magyar, László Bertalan, Gábor Bódy, György Cserhalmi
After the World War I, enthusiastic young people found the intellectual group of Hungarian Communist Party. Read More »
Ítél a Balaton / The Waters Decide (1932) Pál Fejös, Antal Páger, Ernõ Elekes, Gyula Csortos
The story of balladistic intonation takes place at Lake Balaton, in a fisher village. Read More »
Confidence (1980) István Szabó, Ildikó Bánsági, Péter Andorai, Oszkárné Gombik
During WW2 Hungarian resistance hides a married couple from the officials. Read More »
A Very Moral Night (1977) Károly Makk, Margit Makay, Irén Psota, Carla Romanelli
Most of the film takes place in a brothel run by the madame (Iren Psota). Read More »
Narcissus and Psyche (1980) Gábor Bódy, Patricia Adriani, Udo Kier, György Cserhalmi
Narcisus and Psyche is based on a novel by Sandor Weores which was adapted by Vilmos Csaplar Read More »
Merry-Go-Round (1956) Zoltán Fábri, Mari Töröcsik, Imre Soós, Ádám Szirtes
In a rural scenery in the throes of difficult changes lives a humble but promising young farmer girl called Mari Pataki. Read More »
Where Were You, My Son? (2008) Róbert Alföldi, Dorottya Udvaros, Zalán Makranczi, Dorka Gryllus
Set in a large apartment in Hungary during the death throes of communism, obedient Andor lives with his eccentric mother Read More »
Eskimo Woman Feel Cold (1984) János Xantus, Béláné Csóka, László Földes, Carol Harrison
A pianist falls in love with Mari, a beautiful blond woman, who happens to be the wife of a deaf-mute animal caretaker. Read More »
Heroic Times (1983) József Gémes, Adrienne Csengery, Gyula Szabó
It is an adaptation of the Toldi trilogy, a 19th-century epic poem in three parts by János Arany. Read More »