Drama

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Budapest Noir

Budapest Noir

Crime · Drama · Neo-Noir

A murder mystery set in Budapest 1936, just as Hungary was preparing to allign itself with Hitler. A young beautiful girl is found dead and no one wants to investigate - except a crime reporter who has a gut feeling that things are not what they seem.

Confidence

Confidence

Period Drama · Academy Award Nominees · War

1980's Confidence was nominated for the Academy Award and Szabó won Berlin's Silver Bear for Best Director. In World War II-era Hungary, the resistance pairs two unrelated members to act as husband and wife in an effort to stay hidden in plain sight. Will they be able to maintain the illusion…

Mephisto

Mephisto

Historic Drama · World Cinema · Period Drama

The 1981 Academy Award-winning (Best Foreign Language Film) Mephisto concerns a passionate, but struggling actor (Klaus Maria Brandauer) who remains in Germany during the Nazi regime and reaps the rewards of this Faustian pact by finally achieving the stardom he has long craved.   

Miklós Jancsó Collection: The Round-Up, The Red and the White, The Confrontation, Winter Wind, Red Psalm, Electra, My Love

Miklós Jancsó Collection: The Round-Up, The Red and the White, The Confrontation, Winter Wind, Red Psalm, Electra, My Love

Drama

The first internationally recognized representative of modern Hungarian filmmaking, Miklós Jancsó's extraordinary works examined oppressive authority and the mechanics of power.

My 20th Century

My 20th Century

World Cinema · Drama

Two twins, Lili the anarchist and Dóra, a luxurious woman of loose morals, are separated as young girls. Their lives proceed on opposing tracks until their paths reconnect on the Orient Express with Mr. Z. who loves them jointly.

Preparations to be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

Preparations to be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

Romance · Drama

Márta, a forty-year-old neurosurgeon, falls in love. She leaves her shining American career behind and returns to Budapest to start a new life with the man. But the love of her life claims they have never met before.

The Round-Up & The Red and the White (Two Films by Miklós Jancsó)

The Round-Up & The Red and the White (Two Films by Miklós Jancsó)

Drama

The Round-Up (1966) depicts a prison camp in the aftermath of the 1848 Hungarian Revolution. The Red and the White (1967) is a haunting, powerful film about the absurdity and evil of war.