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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Cold Days

Cold Days

Andras Kovacs' film, considered one of the most important Hungarian films of the 1960s, centers around four men who await trial for their...

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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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Cantata

Cantata

A young doctor undergoes a spiritual crisis when he returns to his rural home.

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Silence and Cry

Silence and Cry

Set during a turbulent era of disquiet, fear, persecution and terror, which permeates every corner of post-WWI Hungarian society. In 1919, after...

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Randevú Budapesten

Randevú Budapesten

Ten Thousand Days

Ten Thousand Days

The changing and turbulent history of Hungary is seen through the eyes of three men over a 30-year period in this somber drama. The three recall...

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The Myth-Makers

The Myth-Makers

Eighteen years after the failure of the revolution and freedom fighting 1848-49, the politicians of Hungary preparing for a compromise with Austria...

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On Home Grounds

On Home Grounds

This ironic comedy is set in the god-forsaken Kiskúnbékás, at the end of the fifties. There are no jobs, the town's "golden team", who once were...

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The Lost Paradise

The Lost Paradise

Sebők Zoltán, the brain surgeon, performed a secret abortion on his lover and the woman died. The man waiting for the autopsy (and his arrest)...

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The Valley

The Valley

Five deserters hide in a village inhabited only by women.

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Grotesque

Grotesque

Huszárik's graduation film was another short entitled Groteszk (Grotesque) in 1963 about a strange train voyage of an artist carrying his own picture.

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Judgement

Judgement

The film is a historic parable about the topicality of revolution. 1514. The peasants' uprising is over, Dózsa has been arrested. Werbőczy tries to...

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The Sack

The Sack

For the first time after 11 years, Simon, a young historian visits the village of his childhood at Balaton and Aunt Lina, his foster-mother. He...

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Late Season

Late Season

Kerekes (Antal Pager) believes he is wanted by the police when his friends play a practical joke in this unusual comedy drama. He returns to his...

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A Hungarian Nabob 2: Karpathy Zoltan

A Hungarian Nabob 2: Karpathy Zoltan

On the novel by Mór Jókai. The first half of the XVIII century. Several decades of life of a noble family Karpati.

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Dead Landscape

Dead Landscape

This Hungarian film chronicles the slow deterioration in the life of Juli, a farmer's wife. As the countryside grows ever more deserted because...

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New Gilgames

New Gilgames

The story recalling the spirit of Gilgamesh, the Sumerian king quarrelling with his approaching death, takes place in a cancer hospital in Budapest...

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No Love, Please

No Love, Please

Baptism

Baptism

A 40-year-old sculptor returns home to witness the baptism of his young nephew. His return prompts a series of flashbacks to his youth and the...

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