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Tag Archives: Hungarian
Diary for My Lovers AKA Napló szerelmeimnek (1987) Márta Mészáros, Ágnes Csere, Zsuzsa Czinkóczi, Anna Polony
A continuation of “Diary for My Children,” the film picks up in 1950, when Juli, the diarist, is 18 and determined to become a movie director. Read More »
Diary for My Parents AKA Napló apámnak, anyámnak (1990) Márta Mészáros, Zsuzsa Czinkóczi, Jan Nowicki, Mari Töröcsik
The story follows a young student who is orphaned as it grows to adulthood, in the shadow of the Hungarian uprising of 1956. Read More »
The Dream Car AKA Meseautó (1934) Béla Gaál, Zita Perczel, Ella Gombaszögi, Klári Tolnay
A light hearted comedy, from the thirties. One of the most successful ones in Hungary. Read More »
Men and Banners AKA A köszívü ember fiai (1966) Zoltán Várkonyi, Mária Sulyok, Vera Szemere, Tibor Bitskey
During the Hungarian independence war 1848-49 mother and her three sons trying to leave the road Read More »
Hungarian Rhapsody AKA Magyar rapszódia (1979) Miklós Jancsó, György Cserhalmi, Lajos Balázsovits, Gábor Koncz
This liturgical-surrealistic parable evokes the model-like events of the second decade of the century as reflected Read More »
Hot Boyz (2000) Master P. Gary Busey, Silkk Tha Shocker, Jeff Speakman
Injustice begets a criminal. Kool is an artist without prospects, a black belt in karate, and in love with LaShawna, poised and college bound. Read More »
Eskimo Woman Feel Cold AKA Eszkimó asszony fázik (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 »
The Revolt of Job AKA Jób lázadása (1983) Imre Gyöngyössy, Barna Kabay, Hédi Temessy, Ferenc Zenthe, Gábor Fehér
Hungary, 1943. An elderly Jewish couple, Job and Roza, adopt an unruly non-Jewish child Read More »
Macbeth (1982) Béla Tarr, György Cserhalmi, Erzsébet Kútvölgyi, Ferenc Bencze
In this powerful short film, the renowned William Shakespeare play is stripped down to the bare essentials, consisting of two lengthy shots. Read More »
Age of Illusions AKA Álmodozások kora (1965) István Szabó, András Bálint, Ilona Béres, Judit Halász
Jancsi Oláh is in the transitional phase between adolescence and adultness. Read More »
The Pregnant Papa AKA A legényanya (1989) Dezsö Garas, Ferenc Kállai, Károly Eperjes, Judit Pogány
In the small village of Rátót, every male is called Béla. When a woman gives birth to her child, she names him Józsi… Almost 2 decades later, Józsi becomes pregnant… Read More »
Heroic Times AKA Daliás idök (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 »
Sound Eroticism AKA Egészséges erotika (1985) Péter Tímár, Ádám Rajhona, Róbert Koltai, Judit Németh
The manager of the country crate factory have TV cameras installed in the women’s dressing room. Read More »
Forest AKA Rengeteg (2003) Benedek Fliegauf, Rita Braun, Barbara Csonka, Laszlo Cziffer
We see people in a shopping mall; one man deliberately leaves a backpack behind in the crowd Read More »