The Fifth Seal

The Fifth Seal

In 1944 Budapest, one of a group of four friends poses a hypothetical moral question to the others, an act that will unexpectedly alter their lives...

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The Witness

The Witness

Hungary, 1950s. József Pelikán, who works as a dam keeper on the Danube, meets by chance Zoltán Dániel, an old friend whom he saved from death...

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The Round-Up

The Round-Up

After the failure of the Kossuth's revolution of 1848, people suspected of supporting the revolution are sent to prison camps. Years later...

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My Way Home

My Way Home

During WWII, a young Hungarian captured by the Soviets is left in the custody of a young Soviet soldier to assist him on a dairy farm.

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The Upthrown Stone

The Upthrown Stone

An aspiring film student is denied a scholarship to the state-funded university when his father is thrown in jail. The man had stopped a train in...

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Time Stands Still

Time Stands Still

A Budapest high school in the beginning of the 1960s. Dini suffers the torments of adolescence. His father had to leave Hungary after the uprise in...

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Innocent Assassins

Innocent Assassins

Two arts students, András and Viktor who are writing their thesis on detective stories, make up a story and keep nagging the famous film-director...

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Flowers of Reverie

Flowers of Reverie

The seeming hopelessness of combatting an all-powerful government that will not tolerate political dissension is the focus of this excellent...

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Bon Voyage, Bus!

Bon Voyage, Bus!

A chain of short stories about the lives of the employees of the Ikarus bus factory.

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Military Band

Military Band

Merry soldiers arrive in the sleepy Transdanubian town. The cynical woman-hunter, Ferdinándy, learns to know doctor Barlay's beautiful wife at a...

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Now It's My Turn, Now It's Yours

Now It's My Turn, Now It's Yours

Three generations live side by side. The wilful, jack-in-all-pots grandmother blackmails the family with fake faintings, while grandpa suffers from...

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The Day before Yesterday

The Day before Yesterday

In 1947 Dorottya is dismissed from girl school by the nuns for her views.

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A tranzitutas

A tranzitutas

A Bright Star at the Stake

A Bright Star at the Stake

This film takes place in Paris and Geneva in the 1530s and 1550s. Kálvin János and Szervét Mihály are school mates in Paris. The university...

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A Glass of Beer

A Glass of Beer

Marci is drafted from a typical block building in the 6th district in Pest. He says good-bye to Juli living in the same house, with whom they are...

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Oh, Bloody Life

Oh, Bloody Life

The Hungarian Oh, Bloody Life reflects on the heavy emotional toll taken by the repressive Stalin regime. Dorotya Udvaros plays a young actress...

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Twenty Hours

Twenty Hours

A crusading newspaper reporter covers the Soviet invasion of Hungary in 1956. Initially critical of the communists, the feature later espouses the...

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Collision

Collision

Terpinkó, the bragging man of muscle likes womanising linked with betting: conquering is a great fun for him. He bet one to a hundred on his new...

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The Accent

The Accent

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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N.N. the Angel of Death

N.N. the Angel of Death

The two main characters of this ironic account of the general condition of intellectuals are the charming psychologist, Korin György, and the...

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