The Notebook

The Notebook 2013

6.48

In a village on the Hungarian border, two young brothers grow up during war time with their cruel grandmother and must learn every trick of evil to survive in the absurd world of adults.

2013

Love Travelling a Coach

Love Travelling a Coach 1955

1

The top management of the co-operative in the rural community at Lake Balaton goes on coaches everywhere to irritate Mrs. Peczöli, the snobbish wife of the only individual farmer. Peczöli would readily join the co-operative, should it not oppose his apple improving experiments.

1955

Katapult

Katapult 2019

1

During the fall of the Soviet Union a young Hungarian boy falls in love with an American girl, when she comes for a short visit to her parent's old town in Hungary. In order to see her again, the 13 year-old boy decides to create a special machine that could transport him to the USA.

2019

Mrs. Déry

Mrs. Déry 1951

8.00

The story, which takes place in the reform era, centres around Mrs. Déry, a legendary actress, who, along with her fellow actors and actresses, travels around the country to become the herald of the Hungarian language, performing in villages and towns up and down the land as strolling players, a woman who is not put off by the prospect of starvation and the dearth of a home to return to and security to live in.

1951

Moscow Square

Moscow Square 2001

6.88

1989 is an important year in the political history of Hungary. However, Petya and his friends couldn't care less. They are about to graduate high school. The only important things to them are the parties, girls, making some easy cash. And of course, passing the upcoming exam with the leaked questions.

2001

Dialogue

Dialogue 1963

7.00

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 plans together in the hope of a future that will make sense. The marriage they just entered, however, gets ruined soon by the events of history.

1963

Truants

Truants 1989

4.50

In the country reformatory school both the teacher and the children are trapped by the circumstances. From among the pupils excels Sanyi, who cannot accept the fact that his mother does not love him and he keeps on escaping after her. From among the teachers it is Mr. Csőrös who distinguishes himself by listening to the children, looking for those who escaped, Sanyi feels affection to him.

1989

The Land of Mirage

The Land of Mirage 1983

1

Officer Karikas from Petersburg should be in Saratov with her servant,in the way he played cards and losing much,even to stuck in the hotel.Local officials took him for anticipated auditor.With this error starting a chain of events.

1983

Dani

Dani 1957

1

Dani, the few-month-old little boy born outside marriage is left by Eszter in the lap of her companion on the train. The widowed Aranka takes him willingly to her. The child is already ten years old and has a good life with Aranka. Then Géza enters their life and he does not welcome the child of someone else.

1957

Confidence

Confidence 1980

7.50

Janos and Kata are thrown together during the Second World War and forced to pose as husband and wife to hide from the Nazis. The intensity and suffocating intimacy of their new relationship and the circumstances in which they find themselves, forces them to confront past prejudices and assumptions and challenge what they truly believe.

1980

En passant

En passant 2015

6.00

Andor is a young chess player, who even calls his pet turtle Kasparov. “Do you think I will succeed? - the boy asks her before the decisive tournament. "If I win, he will never come back." Who is Andor talking about and why is he either afraid of this return, or wants it?

2015

Riddance

Riddance 1973

6.20

Jutka, a young woman who works in a factory, falls in love with Andras, a university student. She pretends to be a student, to him and to his parents, and begins to live a lie. Finally she rebels against Andras and his demands and the social conventions that forced her to live a lie.

1973

Derengö

Derengö 1998

1

Hungarian Thriller Film

1998

Lost Illusions

Lost Illusions 1983

1

Via the New York Times: "The Hungarian director Gyula Gazdag has transposed the middle section of Balzac's "Lost Illusions" from Paris in the mid-19th century to the Budapest of 1968... it tells of Laszlo Sardi - Balzac's Lucien Chardon - and his efforts to launch his literary career amid the snobbery and sophistication of a big city."

1983

Birdies

Birdies 1971

1

The heroines of this lyric comedy full of burlesque elements are two girls from a village who get totally engrossed in their day-dreaming. Ida and Rozi escape to the city to catch husbands for themselves.

1971

The Man from London

The Man from London 2008

7.07

A switchman at a seaside railway witnesses a murder but does not report it after he finds a suitcase full of money at the scene of the crime.

2008

Jupiter's Moon

Jupiter's Moon 2017

5.57

A young refugee, Aryan, is shot while illegally trying to cross the Hungarian border. While tending him back to health, a doctor at a refugee camp discovers that Aryan has gained an extraordinary talent—he can levitate. Aryan is smuggled out by the doctor, who is intent on exploiting his secret.

2017

The Witness

The Witness 1979

8.11

Hungary, 1950s. József Pelikán, who works as a dam keeper on the Danube, meets by chance Zoltán Dániel, an old friend whom he saved from death years before and who is now a powerful politician.

1979

Amikor a Hold a Kos jegyében jár

Amikor a Hold a Kos jegyében jár 2020

1

Krisztian is caught between two worlds. On the one hand, he takes pride in his spiritual development and teaching meditation to others. On the other hand he is consumed by his sexual desires and his fears of a novel global pandemic.

2020

Arthur az Angyal

Arthur az Angyal 1959

4.00

Arthur, the angel, cannot rest in heaven, because Peter constantly sends him to earth to take care of people in need. The lovely and hard-working angel gets into trouble again and again and must pass small adventures.

1959

Én, Strasznov Ignác, a szélhámos

Én, Strasznov Ignác, a szélhámos 1966

1

The elderly Mikola Menyhért, former imperial and royal master detective, talks about the great criminals of a bygone era on television. He considers Ignác Sztrasznov to be the uncrowned king of swindlers, the greatest swindler of the Monarchy. To describe him, suffice it to say that at the age of 23, he sold the entire Vérmező to a Bulgarian horticulturalist, swindled money from lords, industrialists, and businessmen while dressed in a smart military uniform, and did not spare even the higher circles of the church. Mikola's narration brings Strasznov's adventures to life.

1966

My Name is Jimmy

My Name is Jimmy 1987

1

A family series about a group of children who suddenly find a robot called Jimmy.

1987

Futrinka utca

Futrinka utca 1980

6.00

On a rainy day a stray puppy named Buksi arrives on Futrinka Street. The cat Cicamica adopts him, and Morzsa, an old dog, plays a fatherly role. Buksi gets to know the neighborhood, makes friends, gets in trouble, and goes on adventures.

1980

Gypsy Tales

Gypsy Tales 2014

1

A 13-part animated series about Roma culture through authentic folk tales. It shows the cultural history and ethnographic traditions of Roma society, combining them with the values of contemporary Roma art, which can still serve as examples today. Several Roma artists, writers, painters, and musicians contributed to the series, thereby conveying their perspectives and cultural heritage.

2014

Pedagogical Series

Pedagogical Series 1973

1

A five part docu-drama following the everyday lives, family conflicts, careers, joys and problems of a married couple of school teachers and their five children.

1973