The story of Bendegúz, the teenage boy who never succeeds in anything and about whom everybody’s first though is “I wish you had been hanged when you were born!” drops out of school and becomes a cowboy. Read More »
Tag Archives: Hungary
Lionheart (1987) Franklin J. Schaffner, Eric Stoltz, Gabriel Byrne, Nicola Cowper, Adventure, Drama
A young knight sets out to join King Richard’s crusaders. Along the way, he encounters The Black Prince who captures children and sells them as slaves to the Muslims. Read More »
Johanna (2005) Kornél Mundruczó, Orsolya Tóth, Eszter Wierdl, Zsolt Trill, Drama
Johanna, a young drug addict, falls into a deep coma after an accident. Doctors miraculously manage to save her from death’s doorstep. Read More »
Rokonok (2006) István Szabó, Sándor Csányi, Ildikó Tóth, Károly Eperjes, Drama
Young honest public official is sworn in after his predecessor had to leave due to a corruption scandal. Read More »
Beyond the Curve / Kanyaron túl (2002) András Dér, István Bubik, Denisa Dér, János Gyuriska, Drama
Szilvi deals in drugs and cannot decide between Tamas who offers her love in this world and the priest who offers her the chance of ethereal harmony.
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Citizen X (1995) Chris Gerolmo, Stephen Rea, Donald Sutherland, Max von Sydow, Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Based on the true story of a Russian serial killer who, over many years, claimed over 50 victims, mostly under the age of 17. Read More »
Atentat u Sarajevu / The Day That Shook the World (1975) Veljko Bulajic, Christopher Plummer, Florinda Bolkan, Maximilian Schell, Drama, History
Historical depiction of the events preceding the political murder of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, would-be emperor of the Austro-Hungarian throne, in Sarajevo, June 28, 1914. Read More »
Szindbád / Sinbad (1971) Zoltán Huszárik, Zoltán Latinovits, Éva Ruttkai, Eva Leelossy, Drama
An old man is recollecting all the women he met in his youth. An old woman wants them to commit suicide together but changes her mind. Read More »
Budapesti Tavasz (1955) Félix Máriássy, Gábor Rajnay, Miklós Gábor, Mária Mezei, Drama
The film begins a few days before the end of the Second World War and tells the story of the people of Budapest Read More »
Dúvad / The Brute (1961) Zoltán Fábri, Ferenc Bessenyei, Tibor Bitskey, Mária Medgyesi, Drama
This drama about a boorish non-conformist takes place in Hungary after the war and is dulled a little by political overtones but is still an engaging story. Read More »