Stalin

Stalin 1992

5.30

The life and career of the brutal Soviet dictator, Josef Stalin.

1992

Twilight

Twilight 1990

7.00

In the dense and murky woodlands of provincial Hungary, the search for a child murderer drags a once-respected detective into an all-consuming obsession enshrouded by irresolution and despair, even long after he has been taken off the case. What emerges is not a crime story, but a harrowing venture through the darkness of the human soul.

1990

Simon, the Magician

Simon, the Magician 1999

6.00

A crime is committed in Paris, and the police are clueless. They call in Simon, a sorcerer with supernatural powers. 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?

1999

Cha-Cha-Cha

Cha-Cha-Cha 1982

4.50

Gruber is a normal 16-year-old growing up in Budapest in 1962, but he has a problem -- how does he get to know the opposite sex? At the Sunday afternoon dance classes the young "ladies and gentlemen" hold each other while dancing, and that makes the lessons worth something. Otherwise, the pianist's attention wanders and the orchestra does not exactly play with a single-minded dedication. In fact, everybody seems to have other things on their minds, except for the enthusiastic dance instructor and his ever-smiling assistant.

1982

Nitrate Base

Nitrate Base 1997

5.90

This documentary celebrates the 100th anniversary of the cinema birth. It is an historic running through the technical and artistic evolution of the 7th art. We move from mute to sound, from B&W to color, trough all the genders (musical, Lyric, politic...). Beside it we have a kind of resume of the historic contest in which cinema lived till now, events and movements (neo-realism, classical etc.). All the aspects are taken in consideration: fashion, star system till the end, the sad end, of cinema in the theaters.

1997

Glamour

Glamour 2000

4.00

The tumultuous history of Hungary through the twentieth century is viewed through the saga of the Hungarian-Jewish, furniture-manufacturing family, the Vendels. After taking over the once successful, but now failing, family business in the 1930s, the family patriarch's dashing elder son decides that the family needs an infusion of new blood. A matchmaker presents him with a photo of a pretty German nursery school teacher. When the two meet, they instantly fall in love, but because Hungary has an alliance with Germany, and the Third Reich prohibits marriage between Gentiles and Jews, the couple must hide their union. Their marriage ultimately stands as a dark foreshadowing of rougher times to come as troubles ensue with the advent of World War II, when the family, its employees and servants must retreat to the basement, where the shop emerges increasingly as a refuge in a world growing more violent and less tolerant.

2000

Natasha

Natasha 1998

1

Romantic drama set in Moscow university. Hungarian student Ferenc falls in love with strange Siberian beauty, Natasha - who is accompanied in Moscow by her grandmother and pet lynx.

1998

The Revolt of Job

The Revolt of Job 1983

5.90

The story of a childless Jewish couple in WWII-era Hungary who adopt a Hungarian boy and raise him with their values and traditions.

1983

Forget About Me

Forget About Me 1990

1

Two Scottish soldiers stationed in Germany head to Budapest to see a Simple Minds concert and fall for a local girl.

1990

The Secret Echo

The Secret Echo 1972

4.50

The movie, based on a story by Yuri Nagibin, depicts a young girl Vika enjoying the last days of summer vacations in a sea resort somewhere in the south.

1972

The Baby and the Rascals

The Baby and the Rascals 1984

4.50

A group of Hungarian children and a taxicab driver try to return a lost baby to his sightseeing Swedish parents.

1984

The Aga's Testament

The Aga's Testament 1967

7.10

In 1585 the Turks and Vallons are looting the Látrány region.

1967

The Trumpeter

The Trumpeter 1979

1

In the late 17th century, Hungary moved from Turkish to Austrian domination, becoming a key part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. In this story, which takes place shortly after that time, three outlaws murder a group of people on their way to a wedding. One young man was a slave travelling with the group to entertain them with his skills as a trumpeter. The outlaws spare him for the same reason. He allows himself to believe that they are really an unattached group of independence-fighters, but after seeing their brutal and callous ways, he cannot believe that they are good men, and he turns them in to the authorities. At that point, he is unnerved to discover how nobly they bear the rigors of captivity. ~

1979

Last Desk

Last Desk 1975

1.00

A story about a gipsy girl Kati who moves from Hungarian province to Budapest and starts going to school.

1975

A Rose Garden of Six Acres

A Rose Garden of Six Acres 1970

1

Aunt Ilka, who likes company, opens her house standing in the middle of a six-acre rose garden in the little town for the golden youth of the town. As a result of her benevolence, the tenants are in the position to adore not only the roses but a nice bunch of to-be-married girls of the town.

1970

Peer Gynt

Peer Gynt 1988

1

Adapted for Hungarian TV.

1988