25 Hungarian films worth watching
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- DirectorKároly MakkStarsLili DarvasMari TörőcsikIván DarvasThe wife of a political prisoner tends to her mother-in-law and keeps from the old woman the truth about her son, whom she believes is in New York making a film.
- DirectorPál ZolnayStarsManyi KissIstván IglódiJános KoltaiA young historian visits his stepmother in the small village where he grew up. After being away in the city for eleven years he is saddened and grows upset seeing her hardships.
- DirectorMiklós JancsóStarsZoltán LatinovitsAndor AjtayBéla BarsiA young doctor undergoes a spiritual crisis when he returns to his rural home.
- DirectorGyörgy SzomjasStarsJános BánRenáta SzatlerÉva TóthBudapest, in the 1980's. Géza and his family living in the block flat microdistrict. One morning Géza meets a young lady in the elevator. This moment change his life. On the same day he quits his factory job and decides to start his own business: became a wall driller, as there a big demand for it in the neighborhood.
- DirectorGyula MészárosIstván BujtorStarsIstván BujtorAndrás KernLászló BánhidiDuring a heist to steal a golden statue from a museum, one of the robbers is injured and captured. A detective interrogates the thief to identify the gang and recover the statue.
- DirectorMiklós JancsóStarsJános GörbeZoltán LatinovitsTibor MolnárIn Hungary, the national movement led by Kossuth has been crushed and the Austrian hegemony re-established, but partisans carry on with violent actions. In order to root out the guerilla, the army rounds up suspects and jails them in an isolated fort. The authorities do not have the identity of the guerilla leaders, who are supposed to be present among the prisoners. However, they know enough about some of the suspects to apply perfidious forms of coercion effectively.
- DirectorFerenc AndrásStarsGyörgy CserhalmiHédi TemessyZita PerczelTwo old women who happen to be pickpockets stole money from Simon, the taxi driver. The police are unable to find the thieves, so Simon decides to find them himself.
- DirectorIstván SzabóStarsJudit HalászAndrás BálintEdit KelemenJancsi reminiscences about Kata his childhood friend in WWII Budapest, They are separated as a result of 1956 revolution. Reunited as adults, they struggle with whether they will stay in each others lives.
- DirectorGyörgy SzomjasStarsGyula Deák BillLászló FöldesJózsef KörösA Hungarian band plays American rock & roll and blues hits with great enthusiasm and passion, but success seems to avoid them. TV and radio don't play their songs, sometimes even their crowd just sits and sips beer. Something must be done, and the band's leader (Lóránt Schuszter) comes up with the big idea: write and play songs for the people about themselves and not about some exotic, but too distant people's life. "We move from Tobacco Road to Retek street" With the remains of the band and a second singer (Gyula Deák "Bill") they find what they failed to show people before. The rich new sound can finally translate the spirit of blues and rock much more than words from any dictionaries could, this is the Köbánya-blues.
- DirectorGyörgy SzomjasStarsFerenc BessenyeiDjoko RosicIstván BujtorGyurka Farkos Csapó escapes from prison and returns to the steppe to find those who betrayed him.
- DirectorBéla TarrÁgnes HranitzkyStarsLars RudolphPeter FitzHanna SchygullaA naive young man witnesses an escalation of violence in his small hometown following the arrival of a mysterious circus attraction.
- DirectorZoltán HuszárikStarsZoltán LatinovitsÉva RuttkaiÉva LeelössyAn old man is recollecting all the women he met in his youth. An old woman wants them to commit suicide together but changes her mind. The little town has a doctor whose wife can not forget the old man, and the waiter who serves him his dinner doesn't know that Sinbad will soon court her.
- DirectorGyörgy PálfiStarsCsaba CzeneIstván GyuriczaGina MorenoThree generations of men, including a pervert that constantly seeks for new kinds of satisfaction, an obese speed eater and a passionate embalmer.
- DirectorAndrás JelesStarsJános OpoczkiIstván IványiJózsef FarkasTwenty-year-old Laszlo Sz., a driver's mate steals the money he should have posted and wandering around Budapest, visiting bars, restaurants, pinball parlors and various other places trying to make the day different and meaningful.
- DirectorIstván SzabóStarsAndrás BálintIlona BéresJudit HalászJancsi Oláh is in the transitional phase between adolescence and adultness. He is born in 1938, and is now getting his first employment as an electronic engineer. On some TV-screens he happens to see a young lawyer, Éva Halk, who arrests his attention. In his imagination she is the most interesting woman he ever saw. Jansci is part of a closely knit gang of young engineers. They see the older engineers as mediocre, and have grand ideas about developing new inventions together. With changing living conditions the five friends start to grow apart. At a party Jancsi suddenly meets Éva Halk. They fall in love, and find common memories in the engagement in The Pioneer Railway at the age of 12. Both of them also chose to stay in Hungary in '56, when many of their friends fled the country. The sudden death of the gang member Laci in leukemia is a hard blow for them all. The fear of death grabs Éva and Jancsi. They start seeing each other as obstacles to their own development, and drift apart.
- DirectorZoltán FábriStarsMari TörőcsikImre SoósÁdám SzirtesIn a rural scenery in the throes of difficult changes lives a humble but promising young farmer girl called Mari Pataki. Her father forbids her from seeing the man she loves. The father, above all preoccupied by work on the fields and prospective wealth, decides to give his daughter in marriage to an old but rich man with whom he does business. Land marries land, he says. This seems to be the unyielding rule of the Hungarian peasantry. But the young lover is ready to stand up to any challenge to keep Maris love.
- DirectorGábor BódyStarsGábor BódyMarietta MéhesJános DerzsiA priest arrives in a village and give advice and comfort to different people. He meets a wheelchair-bound former representative of the Communist party, a woman who is dying of tuberculosis and an astronomer who sings in a punk band.
- DirectorRezsö SzörényStarsIstván BujtorErika BodnárAndrás BálintThree young research chemists celebrate a few days before New Year's Eve. Their friendship completely falls apart by the end of the night.
- DirectorZoltán VárkonyiStarsIstván KovácsVera VenczelImre Sinkovits1552, the great Turkish Empire wants to conquer Europe, and the world. The last stand is Hungarian Kingdom, and the castle of Eger. The brave soldiers decides they will fight till the end of their lives.
- DirectorJános XantusStarsBéláné CsókaLászló FöldesCarol HarrisonA pianist falls in love with Mari, a beautiful blond woman, who happens to be the wife of a deaf-mute animal caretaker. Both men adore Mari, as she loves both of them. Albeit all of them know this situation won't stand.
- DirectorViktor GertlerStarsMiklós GáborKálmán LatabárKamill FelekiKocsis Ferenc excellent staff appointed the new director of public stores. Ilonka a talented fashion designer, Boriska a dear, Daniel, a overzealous, Klimke, a conservative sale and Glauziusz uncle, conscientious, honest book promotes the work. Ilonka initially rather just keep arguing, even though both of their lives off the job. The selfishness will love soon. Dancs Meanwhile, the old manager spreads the rumor that the new socialist trade can not meet the demand. Relatives and friends start buying into action, leading to mass hysteria. However, the new store is borne by the customer siege until the arrival of the supply
- DirectorMárton KeletiStarsMiklós GáborÁgi MészárosMarika NémethRolla, the daughter of Count Korláthy sneaks out to the village funfair dressed as a maid. There she meets a young engineer, Baracs, and they fell in love almost instantly.
- DirectorMiklós SzinetárStarsBella TanaySándor OszterJózsef MadarasAt a holiday camp, a group of people play a strange game of war, which eventually turns out to be a fight for the bare survival.
- DirectorMárton KeletiStarsAntal PágerIstván SztankayGyula BodrogiOld vagabond (Tamburás) thinks highly of freedom and independence. That is why he lives in a ramshackle hut with his friends and lives by stealing, cheating and singing. Tamburás takes it too much to heart when his friends leave him and try to lead an honest life.
- DirectorIldikó EnyediStarsPéter AndoraiJulie DelarmePéter HalászIn this surrealistic movie from the director of My 20th Century, the French police seek help from Simon, a visionary living in Budapest to solve a murder case. Whilst in Paris, Simon falls in love with Jeanne, although they do not speak each other's language. When Jeanne leaves for a couple of days, Peter, another visionary, calls Simon for a duel: They both have to spend three days buried alive. Will Simon ever meet his love again?