
12 August 1945, 11 AM. Two mysterious strangers, dressed in black, Jews, appear at the railway station of a Hungarian village. Read More »
Tag Archives: Hungary
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
