Juli’s husband commits suicide, so she is being persuaded to shed her own. Read More »
Tag Archives: Hungary
Passion AKA Szenvedély (1998) György Fehér, Ildikó Bánsági, Djoko Rosic, János Derzsi
In this black-and-white Hungarian version of James M. Cain’s The Postman Always Rings Twice, a wife and her lover plot to kill her older husband. Read More »
The Boys of Paul Street AKA A Pál utcai fiúk (1968) Zoltán Fábri, Mari Töröcsik, Sándor Pécsi, László Kozák
In Budapest, two rival gangs of young boys lay claim to a vacant lot. Read More »
Hyppolit, the Butler AKA Hyppolit a lakáj (1931) Steve Sekely, Gyula Csortos, Gyula Kabos, Mici Haraszti
Mrs. Schneider is recommended to employ a butler instead of a new chambermaid. Read More »
1945 (2017) Ferenc Török, Péter Rudolf, Bence Tasnádi, Tamás Szabó Kimmel
12 August 1945, 11 AM. Two mysterious strangers, dressed in black, Jews, appear at the railway station of a Hungarian village. Read More »
Sátántangó AKA Satan’s Tango (1994) Béla Tarr, Mihály Vig, Putyi Horváth, László feLugossy
In a small, dilapidated village in 1990s Hungary, life has come to a virtual stand-still. Read More »
Free Fall (2014) György Pálfi, Piroska Molnár, Miklós Benedek, Tamás Jordán
Seven floors, seven identically built apartments yet completely different worlds. Read More »
Woyzeck (1994) János Szász, Lajos Kovács, Diana Vacaru, Éva Igó
Lajos Kovács (WINGS OF DESIRE) stars as the misused Woyzeck, who ekes out a miserable existence sweeping train tracks Read More »
Hanussen (1988) István Szabó, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Erland Josephson, Ildikó Bánsági
A man’s story parallels Hitler’s rise. Austrian Klaus Schneider, wounded in World War I, recovers in the care of Dr. Emil Bettleheim. Read More »
Bibliothèque Pascal (2010) Szabolcs Hajdu, Orsolya Török-Illyés, Oana Pellea, Razvan Vasilescu
In order to regain custody of her daughter, whom she left in the care of her fortune-telling aunt, Mona must tell a social worker her story. Read More »
Csontváry (1980) Zoltán Huszárik, Itschak Fintzi, István Holl, Andrea Drahota
Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka the one-ideaed Hungarian painter Read More »
Edge of Sanity (1989) Gérard Kikoïne, Anthony Perkins, Glynis Barber, Sarah Maur Thorp
When Henry Jekyll’s experiments with cocaine have gotten out of control, he transforms into the hideous Jack Hyde. Read More »
Late Season (1967) Zoltán Fábri, Antal Páger, Noémi Apor, Lajos Básti
Kerekes (Antal Pager) believes he is wanted by the police when his friends play a practical joke in this unusual comedy drama. Read More »
Oh, Bloody Life (1984) Péter Bacsó, Dorottya Udvaros, Zoltán Bezerédy, András Kern
The Hungarian Oh, Bloody Life reflects on the heavy emotional toll taken by the repressive Stalin regime. Read More »
Cantata (1963) Miklós Jancsó, Zoltán Latinovits, Andor Ajtay, Béla Barsi
A young doctor undergoes a spiritual crisis when he returns to his rural home. Read More »