#Hungarian Cinema

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Above is Bela Lugosi (then going by the stage name Olt Arisztid) as Lord Henry Wotton, gloating and leering over his naive protege, Dorian Gray, portrayed by Norbert Dán, in a 1918 Hungarian film adaptation of the The Picture of Dorian Gray, originally entitled Az élet királya.

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Lily Boy, Károly Makk, 1955

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Not a Thing (Fanni Szilágyi, 2022)

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SUBLIME CINEMA #637 - SON OF THE WHITE MARE

Hungary’s contribution to bizzarro animation is incalculable, and this visual poem is one of the best animated films of the 80′s, by legendary artist Marcell Jankovics. 

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Te (1963), dir. István Szabó

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az én xx. századom (1989) dir. ildikó enyedi

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Sátántangó (1994) - dir. Béla Tarr

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Karin Boyd & Klaus Maria Brandauer Mephisto (1981) dir. István Szabó

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HANGYABOLY (1971) dir. Zoltán Fábri The head of the nunnery is dying, and the members are divided in two groups as the election of the new head approaches. Led by Virginia, the younger nuns stand up for changing the strict religious dogmas and would like a modern school with genuine science, a bathroom to be built, and a freer spirit. Their candidate is sister Magdolna, who went to secular universities, too. The seminarists, led by Király Erzsi, also rebel against the older nuns’ strict discipline and the depressed atmosphere of the institution. However, Magdolna does not want to stay involved in the fight because she is deterred by Virginia’s intense attraction towards her and the tools Virginia is using to gain victory at any price. (link in title)

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Sunset (László Nemes, 2018)

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Sweet Anna, Zoltán Fábri, 1958

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The Outpost (1995)

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A nagy generáció (1986)

dir.: András Ferenc

dop.: Ragályi Elemér

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Te (1963), dir. István Szabó

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Karády Katalin - Halálos tavasz (1939)

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Women in Film Challenge 2022: [38/52] Chameleon, dir. Krisztina Goda (Hungary, 2008)

People will believe what they want to believe. They don’t mind being tricked if they get what they want. They long for the illusion that they are somebody, that they’re not alone, and that there’s a way out of this dump. Illusion is expensive.