Mephisto

A German stage actor finds unexpected success and mixed blessings in the popularity of his performan

Keleti Pu.

Hungarian Vagabond

A Hungarian historical movie that tells the story of the Hungarian ancestors, the seven leaders, who

Sweet Emma, Dear Böbe

The story shows Emma's and Böbe's fight for survival, for keeping their position in society which th

Hanussen

A man's story parallels Hitler's rise. Austrian Klaus Schneider, wounded in World War I, recovers in

Erasing Frank

Set in 1983, behind the Iron Curtain of Eastern Europe in Budapest, the film follows Frank, the char

Pile-Up

After a mass-collision in the morning rush, people from different backgrounds are forced to directly

Diary for My Loves

A continuation of "Diary for My Children," the film picks up in 1950, when Juli, the diarist, is 18

Diary for My Father and My Mother

This story follows a young student, who is orphaned as she grows to adulthood in the shadow of the 1

Junk Movie

It is 1989, the year of the demise of socialism in eastern Europe. Nevertheless, the one theme of Ju

Budapest Tales

"Budapest Tales" is about a group of people (consisting of Szabo regular Andras Balint along with Il

The Palisade Street Kidnapping

The Kondor family lives on the outskirts of Budapest, the father a truck driver abroad. The subtenan

Brady’s Escape

This movie is about the love and protection of a man from another culture for the lowly horsemen of

Black Diamond

Iván Berend is a nobleman from the countryside, owner of considerable wealth. If necessary, he duels

Journey with Jacob

István and Jakab are fire-extinguisher experts. They travel the country to check fire-extinguishers

Don't Pull My Beard!

This absurd story, bordering on the drawing-room comedy, portrays the practices of abusing power and

What's the Time, Mr. Clock?

Even without a clock, the watch-maker of the small country town always knows the exact time to the s

Dashing Girls

A musical farce about women in the canning factory. The pretty Brigitta tries to commit suicide, bec

Jesus Christ's Horoscope

A focus on the tormented lives of intellectuals who failed to protest recent troubles in their homel

Ten Minutes Older: The Cello

Collection of short films the summaries of which include; a foreign man moving to Italy, getting mar

Truants

In the country reformatory school both the teacher and the children are trapped by the circumstances

Makra

The events of the story take place in the outskirts of working class people in the early nineteen fi

Je t'aime

The story of a love-triangle is recounted through Anitas memories and jagged monologue. Anita is tre

Rosehill

The film shows the times directly before and after the revolution of 1956 in a Rosehill villa and it

Confidence

Janos and Kata are thrown together during the Second World War and forced to pose as husband and wif

Passion

A woman and her lover plot to kill her older husband.

Children of Glory

During the ill-fated Hungarian revolution of 1956, Karcsi Szabo, star player on the water polo team,

Birdies

The heroines of this lyric comedy full of burlesque elements are two girls from a village who get to

Sinbad

Based on the stories of Hungarian writer Gyula Krúdy, this film is a lush and sensuous depiction of

Gréti...! (egy kutya feljegyzései)

Gréti, a German shepherd, searches for her missing puppy.

Para

Our hero, Lajos, a drunken ex-cop in his fifties, back from the jaws of death. His old friend Feri,

Hungarian Dracula

Rose's Songs

Autumn 1944. Yellow star, ghettos, Arrow Cross terror. The inhabitants of Hungary's capital, Budapes

Szépség Háza

Átok és szerelem

The Blue Danube Waltz

When Hungary's newest prime minister is shot and killed at a reception, the resulting investigation

The Last Judgement But One

The relationship of István Kozár and his wife has reached the point where neither is prepared to hea

The Rebellion of the Straw Men

Buda, 1851. Jeromos Hétszáz, a puppet maker living in Óbuda, and his wife, Óguszta, a childless coup

Peter and Paul

The subject-matter of this comedy is age-old: that of the schizophrenic soul. Papa would have liked

Erdély Aranykora

Panic

A collage of human fates, where all shown characters are suffering from panic attacks. Stories like

Meeting Venus

Celebrated Swedish opera star Karin Anderson is slated to appear in an internationally-telecast prod

Diary for My Children

After having lost her parents, young Juli returns from the Soviet Union to her native Budapest. Scar

Félálom

In András Jeles' short film, elements of the present are mixed with the world of Honoré de Balzac's

Abel in America

Marriage with Days off

Mici, a pretty young girl is a selected swimmer. Laci, her trainer looks after her jealously, mainly

A bosszú

The Right to Hope

The most problematic aspect of Zsolt Kézdi-Kovács's films is the political motif of The Right to Hop

Tonight We Kill

A mysterious death occurs in a retirement home for elderly actors. A neglected old actor, once famou

Fulladás

Volpone

The rich love wealth and believe that if they don't keep accumulating it, the world will collapse. I

His Master's Voice

A Hungarian journalist who is about to start a family journeys to the United States in the hopes of

György Fehér's Films According to Béla Tarr

A portrait film in which the actors often employed by Fehér (Ferenc Kállai, Péter Haumann and Ildikó

Pikemen