Satantango
Inhabitants of a small village in Hungary deal with the effects of the fall of Communism. The town's source of revenue, a factory, has closed, and...
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A naive young man witnesses an escalation of violence in his small hometown following the arrival of a mysterious circus attraction.
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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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Under pressure from his publisher, Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoyevsky gets work on his latest piece, 'Rouletenberg'. In the 27 days it takes for...
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In the small village of Rátót, every male is called Béla. When a woman gives birth to her child, she names him Józsi...
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Bencsik Béla, the president of the co-operative of the village of Borsány promises home, jobs and good salaries for newcomer families to convince...
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A tale about an independent-minded university professor who leaves her family to travel across the countryside to visit a friend.
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The film depicts the lives of veterans of the 1848 Hungarian Revolution in the American Civil War, based in part on an Ambrose Bierce story. The...
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An adult educator arrives in the small-town factory with loads of books, energy and a freshly received diploma. The honest young man with dreamy...
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Nagy István, the formerly poor peasant boy returns to his native village as a teacher. His conviction is that the abyss between rich and poor can...
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A priest arrives in a village and give advice and comfort to different people. He meets a wheelchair-bound former representative of the Communist...
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1985. Hungary has elections for the first time since long where more than one candidate is allowed to run. The engineer Bodnár is the most popular...
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