Hungarian
see all genres ›Along with other Eastern European nations, Hungary saw an explosion of bold new talent during a 1960s "New Wave" era, including Miklos Jancso and Istvan Szabo. Their legacy lives on in the austere art epics of Bela Tarr as well as György Pálfi's eccentric non-narratives and several other unique directorial viewpoints.
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The Turin Horse
On January 3, 1889, in Turin, Italy, Friedrich Nietzsche steps out of the doorway of number six, Via Carlo Albert. Not far from him, a cab driver is having trouble with a stubborn horse. The horse refuses to move, whereupon the driver loses his patience and takes his whip to it. Nietzsche puts an...Watch Movie
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Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg
This Swedish feature film chronicles the last days of the war in Budapest. The Soviet noose is tightening around the city, yet the unrelenting mass murder of Jews continues. Raoul Wallenberg, an attache to the Swedish Embassy, was sent at the initiative of Swedish Jewish...Watch Movie
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Tarr Béla: I Used to Be a Filmmaker
An illuminating and extremely rare documentary profile of one of the greatest filmmakers of our time, Bela Tarr. Filmed during the production of his final masterpiece, THE TURIN HORSE, TARR BELA: I USED TO BE A FILMMAKER features clips, behind-the-scenes footage and interviews...Watch Movie
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The Maiden Danced to Death
Two decades after fleeing Hungary, Pista (writer-director Endre Hules) returns to find brother Gyula (Zsolt Laszlo) now married to his erstwhile girlfriend Mari (Bea Melkvi), the two of them still running the family’s Budapest dance studio. Since Communism fell, the government...Watch Movie
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The Ister
In 1942, at the height of World War II, Martin Heidegger, the most influential philosopher of the twentieth century, delivered a series of lectures on "The Ister," Friedrich Hölderlin's poem about the Danube River (which referred to the waterway by its ancient Greek name). Heidegger had achieved...Watch Movie
