Iván is living in exile from Hungary when he receives word that an old flame is ill. Read More »
Tag Archives: Hungary
The Inheritance AKA Örökség (1980) Márta Mészáros, Isabelle Huppert, Lili Monori, Jan Nowicki
Hungary on the eve of the Second World War. Rich and inferior Szilvia is married to Akos Read More »
My Way Home AKA Így jöttem (1965) Miklós Jancsó, András Kozák, Sergey Nikonenko, Béla Barsi
In the final days of WWII, a seventeen-year-old boy wanders the countryside. Read More »
Singing on the Treadmill AKA Bástyasétány hetvennégy (1984) Gyula Gazdag, Evald Schorm, István Iglódi, Lili Monori
Two librettists, Mr. Rezso and Mr. Dezso arrive and pluck people living in a bare valley Read More »
The Round-Up AKA Szegénylegények (1966) Miklós Jancsó, János Görbe, Zoltán Latinovits, Tibor Molnár
In Hungary, the national movement led by Kossuth has been crushed and the Austrian hegemony re-established Read More »
Land of Storms AKA Viharsarok (2014) Ádám Császi, András Sütö, Ádám Varga, Sebastian Urzendowsky
Best friends Szabolcs and Bernard are playing in the same German football team. Read More »
Two Half-Times in Hell AKA Két félidö a pokolban (1961) Zoltán Fábri, Imre Sinkovits, Dezsö Garas, László Márkus
On Hitler’s birthday, the Germans decide to organize a soccer match between prisoners of war and Germans. Read More »
Wagner (1983) Tony Palmer, Richard Burton, Vanessa Redgrave, Miguel Herz-Kestranek
A huge panorama of Richard Wagner’s life and work, from before the 1848 revolution Read More »
Silence and Cry AKA Csend és kiáltás (1968) Miklós Jancsó, Mari Töröcsik, József Madaras, Zoltán Latinovits
Miklós Jancsó’s Silence and Cry is set during a turbulent era of disquiet, fear, persecution and terror Read More »
The Whiskey Bandit AKA A Viszkis (2017) Nimród Antal, Bence Szalay, Zoltán Schneider, Viktor Klem
A tough guy turned star. He did something others wouldn’t dare. Read More »
80 Hussars AKA 80 huszár (1978) Sándor Sára, László Dózsa, György Cserhalmi, Jácint Juhász
The film tells the story of a regiment of Hungarian hussars stationed in Poland. Read More »
Chameleon AKA Kaméleon (2008) Krisztina Goda, Ervin Nagy, Gabriella Hámori, Zsolt Trill
While cleaning offices at night, George learns a lot about the employees by examining what they leave behind Read More »
Shadow on the Snow AKA Árnyék a havon (1992) Attila Janisch, Éva Almássy Albert, Zsófia Baji, Miroslaw Baka
A man who leads a lonely existence with his young daughter accidentally gets involved with a robbery before a manhunt ensues. Read More »
The Section AKA A részleg (1995) Péter Gothár, Mari Nagy, József Szarvas, Valentin Teodosiu
Gizella Weisz is an middle-aged office worker, who gets a promotion one day. Read More »
The Mighty Angel AKA Pod mocnym aniolem (2014) Wojciech Smarzowski, Robert Wieckiewicz, Julia Kijowska, Adam Woronowicz
Jerzy is a writer and a chronic alcoholic. We meet him at the point when he believes that he can beat his addiction. Read More »