Most of the film takes place in a brothel run by the madame (Iren Psota). Read More »
Tag Archives: Hungarian
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 »
Hungarian Requiem (1990) Károly Makk, György Cserhalmi, Károly Eperjes, Hans Christian Blech
In 1956, there was an uprising of Hungarians against their Russian overlords, which the Russians briefly allowed to flower and then ruthlessly suppressed. Read More »
One Human Minute (2009) Pater Sparrow, Zoltán Mucsi, László Sinkó, Pál Mácsai
A bookshop renowned for its rare works is mysteriously and completely filled with copies of a book entitled 1, which doesn’t appear to have a publisher or author. Read More »
The Turin Horse (2011) Béla Tarr, Ágnes Hranitzky, János Derzsi, Erika Bók, Mihály Kormos
1889. German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche witnessed the whipping of a horse while traveling in Turin, Italy. Read More »
Professor Hannibal (1956) Zoltán Fábri, Ernö Szabó, Noémi Apor, Emmi Buttykay, Comedy, Drama
Every time a Latin instructor publishes an informative article on the Carthaginian General Hannibal Read More »
The Fifth Seal (1976) Zoltán Fábri, Lajos Öze, László Márkus, Ferenc Bencze, Drama, War
The story takes place in the twilight of World War II: the five protagonists are buddies who try to have as much fun as possible without treading on anyone’s toes. Read More »
Time Stands Still (1982) Péter Gothár, Anikó Iván, István Znamenák, Péter Gálfy, Drama
A Budapest high school in the beginning of the 1960s. Dinis suffers the torments of adolescence. Read More »