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Actors: Peter Haumann, Péter Rudolf, Milan Schruff, Agnes Banfalvy, Judith Pogany
Synopsis: A man finds himself wandering the back roads of Transylvania with his son and his father in this offbeat comedy. Geza (Peter Rudolf) is a musician who had just added another name to his list of ex-wives when his spouse tells him that they're though, forcing him to take up residence in his car. Read More
Actors: Sándor Csányi, Zoltan Mucsi, Csaba Pindroch, Sandor Badar, Zsolt Nagy
Synopsis: For his feature debut, L.A.-born Hungary resident Nimród Antal made Kontroll, a farcical look at the Budapest subway system, about the crazy ticket agents who earn their living there and the hostile citizens they deal with on a daily basis. At the center of it all is Bulcsú (Sándor Csányi), a Read More
Actors: Sandor Badar, Janos Kalmar, Lajos Kovács
Actors: Janos Ban, Peter Scherer, Lajos Kovács, Bence Mátyássy, Vilmos Kun
Synopsis: Hungarian director Tamas Toth's action film Rinaldo tells the story of a group of people defending an apartment building from at attack by a street gang. Rezso (Janos Ban) and Mazsola (Peter Scherer) are former co-workers who, after losing their jobs when the factory closes, end up opposing each Read More
Actors: Gabor Welker, Zoltan Schmied, Ferenc Elek, Anna Bognar, Lajos Kovács
Actors: Zoltan Ternyak, Ildiko Toth, Lajos Kovács, Miklos B. Szekely, Lili Monori
Synopsis: Gabor Dettre's drama Felhö a Gangesz Felett (Cloud Above the River Ganges) is about a relationship that springs from heroin withdrawal. Juli (Ildiko Toth) has abandoned her husband and children when she meets Andras (Zoltan Ternyak) who convinces her to help him survive his attempt to quit his Read More
Actors: Lajos Kovács, Jozsef Szarvas, Edith Soos
Synopsis: In this black comedy that occasionally edges into horror territory, Jozsi (Lajos Kovacs) is a slightly touched and very single man who scrapes together a living through petty theft and scavenging valuable items from trash dumpsters. When Jozsi learns a new factory has opened in town, he decides to Read More
Actors: Ralph Fiennes, Rosemary Harris, Rachel Weisz, Jennifer Ehle, Molly Parker
Synopsis: The fortunes of a family of Hungarian Jews are followed over the course of nearly 150 years in this epic historical drama, with leading man Ralph Fiennes playing three different roles. The story begins in the late 18th century, as Aaron and Josefa Sonnenschein (the name means "Sunshine" in German) Read More
Synopsis: Outwardly Janos and Erno Witman seem like typical middle class teens, but beneath their facades of normalcy, the two are deeply disturbed and obsessed with the nature of sex and death. Leaving much to the viewer's imagination, this horrific and highly atmospheric tale begins in a small Hungarian Read More
Synopsis: The parents of three "post-communist"brothers made money in the last days of communism in Hungary by selling hang-gliders to people who wanted to flee the country. With this sizeable nest egg, they have done well in the intervening years. During a seaside outing, the boys' father, after seriously Read More
Synopsis: A filmmaker's plans to make a movie about a notorious murderer are abruptly derailed when the killer escapes from prison during a production of a religious play. Still dressed as Mary Magdalene, the fugitive goes to the director's apartment where he steals some clothing and the filmmaker's car. Read More
Actors: Robert Koltai
Synopsis: This feather-weight Hungarian comedy was helmed by popular local comedian Robert Koltai. It is the story of a hammy actor who tries to force his son to become a thespian too. To please his over enthusiastic father the son dutifully attends drama school. He falls in love with beautiful Eva and Read More
Synopsis: This Hungarian anthology is comprised of three unconnected short films by different directors that are united in their grim assessment of Hungary in the 1990s. The first, "Fire! Fire! ("Egavaros, Egahazis") is by Pal Sandor and portrays Budapest as a depressing hell on earth filled with Read More
Synopsis: Soft, sensual cinematography abounds in this erotic look back at a gypsy girl's coming of age. It is based on a popular novel penned by famed Hungarian novelist Peter Esterhazy using the pseudonym Lili Csokonai and represents 'Lili's" autobiography. In the film, Lili has lost her legs in a Read More
Actors: Lajos Kovács, Diana Vacaru, Peter Haumann, Alexander Porokhovshchikov, Sandor Gaspar
Synopsis: Hungarian director Janos Szasz based this film on a famous 1837 German play, changing the alienated title character from a soldier to a railroad worker. Woyzeck (Lajos Kovacs) is a slovenly flag man in a Budapest railroad yard. At work he is harassed by his boss, an army captain who makes him run Read More
Actors: Horst Buchholz, Otto Sander, Peter Falk, Nastassja Kinski, Heinz Rühmann, Bruno Ganz, Solveig Dommartin, Lou Reed, Willem Dafoe
Synopsis: Wim Wenders revisits his masterpiece Der Himmel Uber Berlin in this film which picks up several years after the original left off. Cassiel (Otto Sander) is an angel who watches over the lives of the people of recently reunified Berlin with Raphaella (Nastassja Kinski). Damiel (Bruno Ganz) Read More
Actors: Iren Psota, Lili Monori, Miklos B. Szekely
Synopsis: Joe works at an arduous job in squalid conditions in a swampy warehouse. The workplace is home to a variety of slightly unhinged individuals. Joe is a man of delicate sensibilities, so when a large number of his family members die in a short period of time and his girlfriend's manner sends him to Read More
Actors: Dorottya Udvaros, Adam Rajhona, Chick Ortega
Synopsis: The post office building of a new housing development has almost been completed, but it will be a few weeks before it officially opens. In this crime caper comedy, a few schemers and con-artists wonder what would happen if they "opened" it a week early? A lot of money comes and goes by mail; they Read More
Actors: Judit Danyi, Lajos Kovács, Lili Monori
Synopsis: In this chilling drama, the events which led up to a son's shooting murder of his abusive father, aided and abetted by his mother, are explored during a police interrogation. The boy's matter-of-fact response to the questions put to him has a cumulatively powerful effect. Earlier events are shown Read More
Actors: Tamas Jordan, Lajos Kovács
Synopsis: The three men (two sons and their father) who live in the household have reached a weary stability in their lives together. This harmony is disturbed and then destroyed when the oldest boy brings a girl to his room. He spends much time in there with her, after placing a "Do Not Disturb" sign on Read More
Actors: Erland Josephson, Ildikó Bánsági, Walter Schmidinger, Karoly Eperjes
Synopsis: Based on a true story, Istvan Szabo's Hanussen centers on an Austrian soldier (Klaus Maria Brandauer) who becomes clairvoyant after he is shot in the head during World War I. He is able to read minds and predict the future. Before long, he has foreseen Hitler and the Nazis' rise to power, and he Read More
Actors: Sandor Oszter, Maria Gladkowska, Gabor Reviczky, Lajos Kovács
Synopsis: Any student of history will know the import of the year 1848 on European politics. The Hungarian Vadon takes place in the 1850s, "after the deluge." Sandor Oszter heads the cast as Magyar-leader Kristof Batiszy. The film traces his struggle to form a strong, united front against the Austrian Read More
Actors: Bruno Ganz, Solveig Dommartin, Peter Falk, Otto Sander, Curt Bois
Synopsis: Damiel (Bruno Ganz) and Cassiel (Otto Sander) are angels who watch over the city of Berlin. They don't have harps or wings (well, they usually don't have wings) and they prefer overcoats to gossamer gowns. But they can travel unseen through the city, listening to people's thoughts, watching their Read More
Actors: Ari Beri, Mariann Szilagyi, Attila Epres, Denes Ujlaki, Agnes Olasz
Synopsis: The title of this romantic drama is taken from a popular song. Fuge inherits his father's taxicab but loses his girlfriend when she moves to America. A young man and his pregnant sweetheart perform in a rock band, but the expectant mother is injured and loses the baby. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Read More
Actors: Csaba Jakab, Anna Rackevei, Zoltan Varga, Zsolt Szerenyi, Ferenc Bessenyei
Synopsis: This is a two-part historical film exploring themes of how one carries forward one's political idealism in the face of overwhelming military force. In the first part, set on the battlefront in 1944, two soldiers are being court-martialed by the losing Hungarian Army for having survived when their Read More
Actors: Eva Igo, Sandor Szabo, Sr., Imre Csiszar
Synopsis: The Hungarian Maria's Day is set in that most fateful of years, 1848. The incredible changes and reverses in European politics and culture exert a potent influence on one aristocratic Hungarian family. Losing virtually everything in the way of creature comforts, the family tries to keep up Read More
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