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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 »
The Toth Family (1969) Zoltán Fábri, Zoltán Latinovits, Imre Sinkovits, Márta Fónay
The Tót family resides in Northern Hungary. The couple has a daughter and a son, the latter a member of the armed forces. Read More »
Cha-Cha-Cha (1982) János Kovácsi, Péter Rudolf, Rita Tallós, Mátyás Usztics
The film’s protagonist Gruber Erno high school student. Felidezodik the early sixties atmosphere through their daily lives. Read More »
Red Psalm (1972) Miklós Jancsó, Andrea Drahota, Gyöngyi Bürös, Erzsi Cserhalmi
Set in the 1890s on the Hungarian plains, a group of farm workers go on strike in-which they face harsh reprisals Read More »
Werckmeister Harmonies (2000) Béla Tarr, Ágnes Hranitzky, Lars Rudolph, Peter Fitz, Hanna Schygulla
This story takes place in a small town on the Hungarian Plain. In a provincial town, which is surrounded with nothing else but frost. Read More »
Just the Wind (2012) Benedek Fliegauf, Katalin Toldi, Gyöngyi Lendvai, Lajos Sárkány
News quickly spreads of the murder of a Romany family in a Hungarian village. Read More »
Opium: Diary of a Madwoman (2007) János Szász, Ulrich Thomsen, Kirsti Stubø, Zsolt László
At a dark and foreboding mental asylum for women in pre-World War I Hungary Read More »
The Witness (1969) Péter Bacsó, Ferenc Kállai, Lajos Öze, Béla Both
Banned for over a decade for its outspoken criticism of the post-WWII communist regime in Hungary Read More »
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 »
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 »