It is an adaptation of the Toldi trilogy, a 19th-century epic poem in three parts by János Arany. Read More »
Tag Archives: Hungarian
The Lion Is Ready to Jump AKA Az oroszlán ugrani készül (1969) György Révész, Andor Ajtay, Irén Psota, István Bujtor
SS doctor during the war worked on the serum of cancer, but discovered a terrible poison Read More »
The Stud Farm (1978) András Kovács, József Madaras, Ferenc Bács, Ferenc Fábián
A new supervisor arrives at a horse ranch, but he is not at all well liked Read More »
Forbidden Relations AKA Visszaesök (1983) Zsolt Kézdi-Kovács, Lili Monori, Miklós Székely B., Mari Töröcsik
Juli’s husband commits suicide, so she is being persuaded to shed her own. Read More »
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 / 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 »