Gyula Benkő

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Egy magyar nábob
7.2

Egy magyar nábob

Jan 01, 1966
On the novel by Mór Jókai. The first half of the XVIII century. Several decades of life of a noble family Karpati.
Drama
Útközben
5

Útközben

Nov 22, 1979
Barbara is a forty-year-old woman of Polish origin living in Budapest. She is a biologist, a wife and a mother. The death of her woman friend opens her eyes to the fact that she is lonely, unable to find her place.
Drama
Puskák és galambok
1

Puskák és galambok

Sep 13, 1961
1920 in a mining town in the country-side. The team of children led by Ferkó Boda fish guns and a flag of Red soldiers out of the local lake.
Adventure
Egy bolond százat csinál
1
Dömötör, a headwaiter, and Rudi, his friend, a conductor, are dismissed. Later, they return as guests. Dömötör is seen sporting a false beard, now the spitting image of count Rod-Igor Su-Arezew, the world-famous lion-hunter.
Nem ér a nevem
1

Nem ér a nevem

Nov 30, 1961
The grey hero of grey workdays, the divorced cashier of a cinema who is always willing to sacrifice herself for others, Etelka, is awarded a two-week-holiday at Lake Balaton. Following the advice of her female friend, she tries to live life at full speed.
Comedy
Kárpáthy Zoltán
7

Kárpáthy Zoltán

Dec 22, 1966
On the novel by Mór Jókai. The first half of the XVIII century. Several decades of life of a noble family Karpati.
Drama
Fűre lépni szabad
1

Fűre lépni szabad

Oct 06, 1960
Daddy Kárász, the stakhanovist worker, complains in a television interview about the fact that his family, consisting of many members, cannot get a home on their own. Kéri, the chairman of the local authority, promises to help him on the condition that if he does not, they may move in to his villa at elegant Pasarét. Nothing happens, therefore the Kárász family takes Kéri by his word. From this time on, tumultuous scenes and frequent quarrels take place in the villa between the two families.
Comedy
Vacsora a Hotel Germániában
1
The story takes place during the Third Reich, in the autumn of 1933, when the world's attention was focused on the Leipzig lawsuit. The main character is dr. Winnicke (played by Gyula Benkő); a young German doctor is commissioned by Count Hellwitz, an SA officer who was once a classmate, to “make” one of the participants in the lawsuit fit for Nazi purposes.
TV Movie
Un drôle de mariage
8

Un drôle de mariage

Aug 12, 1951
Különös házasság is a 1951 Hungarian drama film directed by Márton Keleti. It was entered into the 1951 Cannes Film Festival.
Drama
A harminckilences dandár
1
The spring of 1919. Karikás Frigyes reorganises brigade 39 at the Tisza. His most devoted soldiers are Korbély János and his followers, who remain faithful to the political commissioner under all circumstances.
History
Ártatlan gyilkosok
7.5

Ártatlan gyilkosok

Aug 23, 1973
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.
Crime
Két félidő a pokolban
7.85
To celebrate Hitler's birthday, a soccer match is organised between the Germans and a group of Hungarian political prisoners, one of whom is a famous pre-war football star.
War
Utószezon
6.5

Utószezon

Feb 23, 1967
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.
Comedy
Az özvegy és a százados
7
Mrs. Holló reports the case of three missing persons to the police. During the investigations, the captain realises that there is nothing to deter Mrs. Holló from her trying to overcome loneliness.
Holnap lesz fácán
5.8

Holnap lesz fácán

Apr 28, 1974
The loving couple of this grotesque parable parody of the Kádár-regime, Mária and István row to an uninhabited, idyllic island. Soon crazy tent-pitchers swarm to the island, led by an official representative of the regime.
Drama
Díszmagyar
1

Díszmagyar

Aug 23, 1949
The only jacket owned by Rédey Lajos, a university student majoring in Italian language and literature, is pawned by his room-mate. The bracelet of Kitty, the daughter of general Gohrmann, which in the middle of a kiss during a lesson in Italian got accidentally unfastened, has been left in the pocket of the jacket. As a result of a still further incident, Rédey, - endeavouring to return the bracelet to Kitty - embarks upon getting the jacket back while wearing the Hungarian gala-suit owned by his landlady's elder brother. The station to which he finds his way while looking for the jacket is visited by the King of Italy, and he takes Lajos, dressed as he is in a Hungarian gala-suit, to be a Hungarian aristocrat, and Lajos must but receive His Majesty in Italian.
Comedy
Forró mezők
8

Forró mezők

Aug 23, 1948
Avary, himself a hustler, is jealous of his beautiful wife. He eavesdrops to catch Vilma, his wife, having supper with a neighbour on the terrace of their manor-house. He is about to shoot at the woman, but it is him who gets shot to death.
Drama
Mezei próféta
1

Mezei próféta

Jan 01, 1947
After the war, Gábor Erőss, released from its captivity, returns home. Abandoned by his love, he finds his house ruined. Nikita, his neighbour, and the roaming Levite come to his assistance by offering him both their friendship and a draught animal.
Drama
Első kétszáz évem
1

Első kétszáz évem

Feb 28, 1985
Divided into two different halves separated by mood and subject matter, this is an uneven drama about the experience of one Hungarian Jew before and during the fascist takeover of Budapest. The hero Pali (Zoltan Bezeredi) arrives back in Budapest from the U.S. and meanders among the intellectual and social elite before he leaves for a brief stay in England. There he has an even briefer affair with a happy-go-lucky aspiring actress (Anna Kubik), and after a few other encounters with movie mavens, he heads back to Budapest -- quite inexplicably. The rest of the film deteriorates into a dark realm of hatred and violence.
Nappali sötétség
1

Nappali sötétség

Nov 14, 1963
In 1963 in Tihany, somebody addresses the writer Gábor Náday. He is reminded of a night drive in 1944 that saved his life. Painful memories start coming to Náday.
Drama
Deux Aveux
5

Deux Aveux

Mar 21, 1957
This easy-to-take Hungarian drama is also known as Two Wishes. The prinicipal characters are a pair of juvenile delinquents, who may still be redeemable. The sullen duo is befriended by a kindly police inspector, who takes it upon himself to straighten out the boys. What follows cannot be termed surprsingly or innovative, though it is immensely satisfying. Of interest is the fact that a Communist-bloc film would admit to a delinquency problem in the so-called Worker's Paradise. Ket Vallomas was the Hungarian entry in the 1957 Cannes Film Festival.
Drama
Hideg napok
7

Hideg napok

Sep 26, 1966
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.
Drama
Szegény gazdagok
5.3

Szegény gazdagok

Aug 18, 1959
The old, sickly Demeter Lapussa is a tyrant in the family. He forces his granddaughter, the beautiful Henriette, to marry baron Hátszegi, although the girl loves the penniless Vámhidy Szilárd. The two lovers attempt to commit suicide, then are torn away from each other.
Fel a fejjel
8.2

Fel a fejjel

Aug 19, 1954
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.
Comedy
Fotó Háber
6.3

Fotó Háber

Oct 23, 1963
A priest who has been set free from prison recently joins a spy organization.
Crime
Iszony
10

Iszony

Mar 02, 1965
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.
Drama
Ifjú szívvel
1

Ifjú szívvel

Apr 09, 1953
In the vocational school the professionally excellent Dani János works on his own invention in his leisure time, but he does not like learning. However, even his own father learns in the evenings, he will become a teacher.
Comedy
Az erőd
6.5

Az erőd

Jan 01, 1979
A World War II-style "war game" setting the wealthy customers against skilled mercenaries goes awry when the simulated war gets too real.
Science Fiction
Une nuit très morale...
5.6
A brothel in a small Hungarian town becomes the home of a medical student after his favorite working girls find out he's out of rent money. Trouble brews as they learn his mother is coming for a visit and they must transform the house.
Drama
Varjú a toronyórán
1

Varjú a toronyórán

Jan 01, 1938
Lenke, a schoolgirl in Budapest, is in love with László, a middle-aged widower, owner of the estate in the neighbourhood of her own country home. She secretly follows him in Budapest, and they finally meet.
Cigarettafüst
1

Cigarettafüst

Dec 26, 1941
Modern and exciting short from a series of Hungarian noir films. Rácz Vali, playing the protagonist, was famous and beloved for her propensity to sing sad songs and recite lyrical poetry. She also played in movies, but only before 1945, as the cultural and social climate she represented didn't fit in the program of the post-war regime.
Drama
A harag napja
1

A harag napja

Nov 12, 1953
In May 1919 in a small rural town beside Salgótarján the local high society wants to get the power back with the leadership of dr. Máriáss, exploiting the outside attack launched against the Republic of Councils.
Drama
Férjhez menni tilos!
9

Férjhez menni tilos!

May 14, 1964
Lilian, daughter of an English millionaire threatens her father that she will marry the first shady character turning up around her and will sing in bars just because her father wants her to marry someone whom she does not love.
Comedy
A névtelen vár
1

A névtelen vár

Jan 01, 1981
The romantic story takes place in the time of Napoleon in Hungary, near Fertő-lake. Count Vavel hides here the French heiress from the revolution and Napoleon.
Drama
Dr. Kovács István
1

Dr. Kovács István

Nov 05, 1941
When his new wife from a peasant background is not accepted by his colleagues, a University Professor resigns his post and returns home to his rural village. After receiving popular support, he is returned to his position by the Minister of Education.
Drama
Föltámadott a tenger
5.5
March 15, 1848; the revolution breaks out in the town of Pest. Yet at café Pilvax, in among he revolutionary youth, there is the informer of the imperial court as well. Hearing the news of the attack led by Jellasics, the inhabitants of the villages pour into the national army, and Hajdú Gyurka also escapes from his landlord. Petőfi is there at the camp of the revolutionaries, raising them to enthusiasm with his poetry.
Drama
Magyar rekviem
2

Magyar rekviem

Oct 25, 1990
1958. In the cell of the condemned, seven men await the signs of an approaching execution. All of them recall their pasts and envision their wish-dreams.
Drama
Makkhetes
1

Makkhetes

Aug 18, 1944
In a small town in the countryside, the election of the president of the restaurant trade association is under way. The two rivals, Dénes Kövi, owner of the elegant Korona restaurant, and Antal Bálint, owner of the staid Makkhetes restaurant, are putting all their eggs in the basket for the title. Taking advantage of this situation, Pál Balázs, who has become the manager of his crippled painter friend, has a portrait commissioned with Dénes Kövi.
TV Movie