Movies: István Szabó

An epic exploration of the Czechoslovak New Wave cinema of the 1960s and 70s, structured around a series of conversations with one of its most acclaimed exponents - Closely Observed Trains director Jiří Menzel....

István Szabó and Klaus Maria Brandauer talk about cinema, the repercussions of World War II, art and their films Mephisto (1981) and Colonel Redl (1985). Included in the extras of the DVD version of Mephisto....

A playful portrait of a young woman who merrily roams the streets of Budapest. A New Wave love letter in motion....

Documentary feature about Czech director Jiří Menzel, featuring Menzel himself as well as Miloš Forman, Emir Kusturica, István Szabó and others....

The beginning shows Hungary devastated by the war and the postwar reconstruction with its communist government. Our hero (played first by Dániel Erdély and later, as a young man, by András Bálint) is clearly determined to find out what he can about h...

Koncert is a 1962 Hungarian short film directed by István Szabó. In the film, several beach-goers have a go at playing creating an impromptu concert. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film....

A young Jewish boy travels europe in search of the grave of his Great Grandfather who was killed by the Nazis in the War....

A short film directed by István Szabó....

The love story between a German cancer researcher and her Polish colleague that drags on for more than ten years. Both are married, which rules out marriage, but fuels their passion, as they only see each other a few days a year at medical congresses...

In a border town two sons of the local commander using stolen arms take hostages of eighteen girls in a dormitory, because they want to go West by plane....

István Szabó reveals a lesser-known side to the public in this work, which strings together eight shorts of Budapest into a single movie. In the piece interpretable as a declaration of love addressed to the capital there are numerous motifs that are ...

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From a policewoman broken leg seems completely slip out of the soil. Life-threatening love triangle mixed with her husband and their criminal friends....

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A documentary directed by Wolfgang Liemberger....

A young priest visits a barber's shop to get shaved. When he leans back and closes his eyes, the barbers decide to play a prank on him. Instead of a male barber they let a female hairdresser take care of the shaving. When the priest feels her soft fi...

The film depicts the period between 1945-60 through the life of a communist couple. Barna Judit, just released from a concentration camp and Horváth László, with an illegal past are brought together by the communist movement. They study and make plan...

Through the personal memories of István Szabó we can became the observers of the life of Budapest....

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This film of three parts recalls memories from World War II. The titles of the parts are: Impartially, Terrified and Like a scream....