Satantango

Satantango 1994

8.20

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 the locals, who include a doctor and three couples, await a cash payment offered in the wake of the shuttering. Irimias, a villager thought to be dead, returns and, unbeknownst to the locals, is a police informant. In a scheme, he persuades the villagers to form a commune with him.

1994

Foal in the Sky

Foal in the Sky 1976

1

A story about summer days from the life of Hungarian children.

1976

Elysium

Elysium 1986

6.70

Film about the Holocaust. A Jewish family is allowed to keep the flat they have always lived in and to live a relatively normal life. One day their 10-year old son disappears. He has been sent to a deportation camp which seems like paradise except that the inmates are being used for medical experiments.

1986

The End of Eternity

The End of Eternity 1976

4.00

Based on the novel by Isaac Asimov. The End of Eternity is a science fiction film with mystery and thriller elements on the subjects of time travel and social engineering.

1976

III. Béla

III. Béla 1974

1

Hungarian TV movie about King Béla III of Hungary

1974

Don Juan és a Kővendég

Don Juan és a Kővendég 1978

1

Don Juan Tenorio finds himself at the gate of Hell, where he is confronted with the consequences of his 1003 seductions.

1978

Tolerance

Tolerance 1986

1

The unskilled, jack-of-all-trades András and his wife, Éva are put in jail for serial work-place thefts, -committed in order to try to ensure a normal living standard for his family - and for aggravated assault committed for self-defence, respectively. Their two small children are put in state care, then given to foster parents. András, still in prison, commits everything to help the released Éva get hold of an apartment and get their children back so that when he will have served his term the family could be together again.

1986

The Secret of the Old Mine

The Secret of the Old Mine 1973

10.00

A story about the adventures of children who live in a small village near the state border.

1973

Stratagem

Stratagem 1980

1

The story played by civilian players is laid in a Transdanubian village, where on the initiative of the municipality doctor the local inhabitants wish to build a social welfare home as volunteers, with the support of the local co-operative and the state farm. Having first consented to the plan, the leadership of the county starts opposing the project because of the plan to build a social welfare home called the City of the Happy Aged to be established by the county. Both parties take the field for their ideas and the battle starts.

1980