Sunshine

Sunshine

The story of a Jewish family living in Hungary—through three generations—rising from humble beginnings to positions of wealth and power in the...

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Hungarian Requiem

Hungarian Requiem

1958. In the cell of the condemned, seven men await the signs of an approaching execution. All of them recall their pasts and envision their...

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Stephen, the King

Stephen, the King

István, a király ("Stephen, the King") is a Hungarian rock opera written by Levente Szörényi (music) and János Bródy (lyrics), based on the life of...

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Midnight Rehearsal

Midnight Rehearsal

A country theatre wants to stage the historical play of the opposition author, who is famous abroad but it is well known, that he is fatally ill...

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Az attasé lánya

Az attasé lánya

Montecarlo!

Montecarlo!

Death in Shallow Water

Death in Shallow Water

1991, farewell in Budapest. Mária remembers the past in tears. Her husband, Tibor, a chemist and a target of the KGB, left their apartment one...

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Lost Illusions

Lost Illusions

Via the New York Times: "The Hungarian director Gyula Gazdag has transposed the middle section of Balzac's "Lost Illusions" from Paris in the...

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The Prosecution

The Prosecution

The Christmas of 1944. The Pásztor family (father, mother, four daughters and a grandchild), are spending the holidays at their country farm. Péter...

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Erdély Aranykora

Erdély Aranykora

Yerma

Yerma

Hungary's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1984

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On the Move

On the Move

Barbara is a forty-year-old woman of Polish origin living in Budapest. She is a biologist, a wife and a mother. The death of her woman friend opens...

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The Last Judgement But One

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-cassette: it portrays his wife's face in countless...

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Peer Gynt

Peer Gynt

Adapted for Hungarian TV.

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Edith and Marlene

Edith and Marlene

The lifelong friendship of Edith Piaf and Marlene Dietrich.

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Roots

Roots

Documentary screenplay, based on letters and writings of the composer Béla Bartók. Musical works composed throughout his life are placed in context...

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A Nice Neighbor

A Nice Neighbor

Hungarian-born Laszlo Szabo returned to his native country to play the part of Dibusz in this comedy. When the residents of a large old house learn...

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