Released Date:
1982-03-22
Languages:
Hungarian, German, English
Countries:
West Germany, Hungary, Austria
Runtime:
144 min
Rated:
UNRATED
IMDB Ratings:
7.8 (6733 Reviews)
Director:
Istvèn SzabèGenres:
DramaPèter Dobai (screenplay)
Istvèn Szabè (screenplay)
Klaus Mann (novel)
A German stage actor finds unexpected success and mixed blessings in the popularity of his performance in a Faustian play as the Nazis take power in pre-WWII Germany. As his associates and friends flee or are ground under by the Nazi terror, the popularity of his character supercedes his own existence until he finds that his best performance is keeping up appearances for his Nazi patrons.
Released Date:
1982-10-07
Languages:
Hungarian
Countries:
Hungary
Runtime:
102 min
IMDB Ratings:
(463 Reviews)
Erzsèbet Galgèczi (novel)
Kèroly Makk
Political and sexual repression in Hungary, just after the revolution of 1956. In 1958, the body of Eva Szalanczky, a political journalist, is discovered near the border. Her friend Livia is in hospital with a broken neck; Livia's husband, Donci, is under arrest. In a flashback to the year before, we see what leads up to the tragedy. Eva gets a job as a writer. She meets Livia and is attracted to her. Livia feels much the same, but as a married woman, has doubts and hesitations. In their work, they (and Eva in particular) bang up against the limits of telling political truths; in private, they confront the limits of living out sexual and emotional truth.
Released Date:
1989-03-10
Languages:
Hungarian, German
Countries:
Hungary, West Germany, Austria
Runtime:
140 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
7.3 (1111 Reviews)
Director:
Istvèn SzabèPèter Dobai
Erik Jan Hanussen (autobiography)
Paul Hengge (additional material)
Gabriella Prekop (dialogue)
Istvèn Szabè
Released Date:
1989-10-12
Languages:
Hungarian
Countries:
Hungary
Runtime:
90 min
IMDB Ratings:
6.6 (36 Reviews)
Director:
Miklès JancsèGenres:
DramaGyula Hernèdi
Miklès Jancsè (screenplay)
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