On the Move

Barbara is a forty-year-old woman of Polish origin living in Budapest. She is a biologist, a wife an

The Last Judgement But One

The man is promoted and given a new assignment at his work-place. At home, he stares at a video-cass

Roots

Documentary screenplay, based on letters and writings of the composer Béla Bartók. Musical works com

Peer Gynt

Adapted for Hungarian TV. Dreamy Peer Gynt lives in a small Norwegian village high up in the mountai

Lost Illusions

Via the New York Times: "The Hungarian director Gyula Gazdag has transposed the middle section of Ba

The Prosecution

The Christmas of 1944. The Pásztor family (father, mother, four daughters and a grandchild), are spe

Midnight Rehearsal

A country theatre wants to stage the historical play of the opposition author, who is famous abroad

Yerma

Inspired by García Lorca's stage poem, this is the story of a young woman who cannot realize her des

Sunshine

The fate of a Hungarian Jewish family throughout the 20th century.

A Nice Neighbor

Hungarian-born Laszlo Szabo returned to his native country to play the part of Dibusz in this comedy

Az attasé lánya

A "fusspot" material handler begins courting the daughter of a supposed "attaché". This leads to com

Death in Shallow Water

1991, farewell in Budapest. Mária remembers the past in tears. Her husband, Tibor, a chemist and a t

Montecarlo!

The suburban school is totally bankrupt. When all hope collapses, Makkosi, a teacher resigned to the

Stephen, the King

István, a király ("Stephen, the King") is a Hungarian rock opera written by Levente Szörényi (music)

Erdély Aranykora

Hungarian Requiem

1958. In the cell of the condemned, seven men await the signs of an approaching execution. All of th

Edith and Marlene

The lifelong friendship of Edith Piaf and Marlene Dietrich.

Ki lesz a bálanya

Adapted from István Csurka's play of the same name. Four men often get together in the evenings to