Gyula Benkő
1918 - 1997
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András Kovács
Zoltán Latinovits, Darvas Iván
Andras Kovacs' film, considered one of the most important Hungarian films of the 1960s, centers around four men who await trial for their involvement in the massacre of several thousand Jewish and Serbian people of Novi Sad in 1942. Each denies any responsibility, claiming that they were only following orders. The film is significant for its willingness to address the subject of Hungary's role in WWII, which was taboo at the time of the its release.
Cold Days
Az élet hídja
Márton Keleti
János Görbe, Ági Mészáros
Война окончена, но семья Бодог голодает. Сосед Варга берёт Михая Бодога с собой на реставрационные работы. За эту работу им хорошо заплатили и Михай может наконец порадовать свою жену Эржи и их маленького сына. Когда впоследствии нанимают рабочих на строительство моста, Бодог, специалист-мостостроитель не может противостоять вызову и нанимается. Но на сей раз рабочим задерживают выплату зарплаты, поэтому их семья вновь в нужде. Эржи вынуждена искать работу…
The bridge of life
Iszony
György Hintsch
Andrea Drahota, Ferenc Kállai
Nelli, the icy, introverted farm girl, needs to find a husband following her father's death. She accepts the attentions of the noisy Takaró Sanyi, although she is more attracted to his silent and modest younger brother.
Abhorrence
Fel a fejjel
Márton Keleti
Kálmán Latabár, Gyula Benkő
On the Spring of 1945 the Jackson circus is heading towards the border with the clown Peti and Aida, the elephant. They have to play for the Hungarian Fascists, while Peti is hiding the Jew Annuska and Sanyika.
Keep Your Chin Up!
Late Season
Zoltán Fábri
Noémi Apor, Samu Balázs
Kerekes (Antal Pager) believes he is wanted by the police when his friends play a practical joke in this unusual comedy drama. He returns to his hometown where he was accused of turning a Jewish druggist and the druggist's wife over to the Nazis. With his friends following him, Kerekes tries to find out what became of the couple after they were deported. After being subjected to a mock trial by his friends -- and found guilty -- Kerekes becomes despondent and attempts to kill himself. Flashbacks and hallucinations are employed to tell this story that occurs during the Eichmann trial. Both the film and Antal Pager gained some unwanted publicity when a Variety article from April 23rd, 1967 accused Pager of being a Nazi collaborator for his role in an anti-Semitic film during World War II.
Late Season
Fábián Bálint találkozása Istennel
Zoltán Fábri
Gábor Koncz, Venczel Vera
1918. Fábián Bálint is forced to kill humans on the Italian front. At home his sons drown the priest, the lover of their mother, in the river Kraszna. Mrs. Fábián turns insane. Following his arrival home Bálint becomes the liveried coachman of the baron.
Bálint Fábián Meets God
Ártatlan gyilkosok
Zoltán Várkonyi
Péter Huszti, László Tahi Tóth
Two arts students, András and Viktor who are writing their thesis on detective stories, make up a story and keep nagging the famous film-director, who just came back from Hollywood, until he undertakes the job. At night they work on the film, in which two youths kill a director returning from the US. In the morning the director is found dead - a knife in his back.
Innocent Assassins
