Lajos Balázsovits

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Requiem
4.8

Requiem

Feb 04, 1982
When a young boy comes in to see a doctor abourt a red mark on his face, the doctor's wife welcomes him into the consulting room instead. As they talk, she offers him something to eat and then notes that his manner of eating is just like that of her previous husband, who died in prison many years earlier. It turns out that the young man had been his cell mate for a year, and he tells her the story of how her husband died. She then remembers (in flashbacks) how she had helped her first husband rid himself of his sexual repression, and how she had promised him she would marry her current husband if she were widowed. It seems her doctor-husband was a man who could remain untouched through any political climate, and was much admired by her first husband. Now that her memories have been awakened by the young man's account, she ignores the repeated phone calls of her current husband and decides to rid this young man of his own sexual repressions.
Drama
Oda az igazság
4

Oda az igazság

Feb 11, 2010
Concerning the Mátyás era in Hungarian history, during the reign of Matthias Corvinus (1443–1490), the film focuses on three eras of the king's life: the young Mátyás fights for the throne, the older Mátyás as king, and the fate of the royal crown and the royal heir after his death.
Drama
Milarepa
6.3

Milarepa

May 21, 1974
Suite à un accident de voiture, le professeur Bennett est coincé dans son véhicule et, tandis que sa femme part à la recherche de secours, son jeune élève Leo - qui a traduit le texte de Milarepa à sa demande - lui raconte l'histoire du grand poète, magicien et ermite tibétain, effectuant un voyage imaginaire dans l'Himalaya et un voyage intime à l'intérieur de lui-même. Le récit, dans lequel Milarepa prend la forme de Leo et son maître Marpa celle de Bennett, est structuré en trois parties : celle de la magie noire (le protagoniste, incité par sa mère, apprend l'art de tuer), celle de la magie blanche (un voyage vers la perfection grâce aux durs enseignements de Marpa) et celle de la transfiguration (atteindre le détachement absolu de toute réalité matérielle).
Drama
Vices privés, vertus publiques
5.3
Le cadre est un royaume d'Europe centrale, au tournant du XIXème siècle. Ennuyé par sa femme très convenable, le jeune héritier du trône passe son temps dans des badinages amoureux dans sa vaste propriété de campagne. Sa femme part à l'arrivée de ses amis, et ils organisent une fête qui devient une orgie sauvage et culmine dans la mort et la tragédie.
Drama
Journal pour mon père et pour ma mère
6.5
Budapest, 23 octobre 1956. La révolution gronde dans les rues de la capitale hongroise. Alors qu’une foule immense crie d’une seule voix "Nous voulons la liberté" et "Dehors les Russes", des manifestants entreprennent de faire tomber l’imposante statue de bronze de Staline. Informée des événements, Julie se démène pour quitter Moscou et rejoindre son pays. Arrivée enfin deux semaines plus tard à l’appartement, elle y trouve sa tante Vera, à laquelle Magda, qui se cache en ville, a demandé d’attendre le retour de Julie. Le 4 novembre, les chars russes entrent dans la capitale, sonnant la fin sanglante de l’insurrection. Sur des images d’actualité, Julie découvre Janos parmi les insurgés…
Drama
A mohácsi vész
5.6

A mohácsi vész

Feb 26, 2004
By the notes of Fiáth Pompeiusz, the one-time friend of Kapa and Pepe, Professor Szirtes has solved the secret of the time machine, and he realizes the invention relying on "special" H2O. Kapa and Pepe shall return by it into the past in order to set time right, which is out of joint, that is, to correct history, to save King Louis II, and prevent the Mohács Disaster. Pepe yields to the not too tender persuasion to enter upon the great journey through time, dies and revives, and they arrive at the battlefield of Mohács in time. Kapa films the events. The Turks win and cut off the king’s, Pepe’s, head, still the Hungarians dictate the peace treaty. Kapa and Pepe want to return, they fill the time machine up with water from the well, yet it won’t start. Even so Kapa and Pepe hover over Budapest and quarrel.
Comedy
Ede megevé ebédem
5.2

Ede megevé ebédem

Oct 12, 2006
Jancsó’s farce, similar to the previous ones, is about our time and about death. Pepe marries into a family of mafiosi, with the father-in-law rolling in money. In a joint venture they establish the first Hungarian Prison Limited company, where there is a menu, the prisoners are residents, and they furnish the place of execution for those volunteering to execute themselves. It turns out that the first voluntary hanging should be demonstrated on Pepe. In 180 AD Emperor Marcus Aurelius is dying in Vindobona, being fed with blades of hay by uncle Miki himself, and his son Kornél Mundruczó. Kapa provides for communication: he insists on telling lies, lies and again lies. Furthermore, there are several to die and to revive, to win and to lose, and Melancholy Béla is still alive.
Agnus Dei
4.8

Agnus Dei

Apr 22, 1971
Allégorie de la répression de la révolution de 1919 et de l'avènement du fascisme en Hongrie ; à la campagne, une unité de l'armée révolutionnaire épargne la vie du père Vargha, un prêtre fanatique. Il revient et mène des massacres. Une nouvelle force, représentée par Feher, venge apparemment le peuple, mais seulement pour imposer une répression différente, plus raffinée et plus efficace.
History
Isten és ember előtt
1
Anika, the daughter of the Greek partisan refugee and the Hungarian medical student, Zoltán fall in passionate love. But Anika's mother wants her to marry a Greek, for she is very homesick and wants to go home. The under-age girl cannot protest.
Drama
Oda az igazság
4

Oda az igazság

Feb 11, 2010
Concerning the Mátyás era in Hungarian history, during the reign of Matthias Corvinus (1443–1490), the film focuses on three eras of the king's life: the young Mátyás fights for the throne, the older Mátyás as king, and the fate of the royal crown and the royal heir after his death.
Drama
Rhapsodie Hongroise
6.6

Rhapsodie Hongroise

Oct 11, 1979
Zsadányi flees from the authorities with his goddaughter, Bankós Mari, and they escape into the forest. The film then skips ahead thirty-fold years: Zsadány and Mari are now lovers, with the sound of war in the background halting their romance. The old friends of Zsadányi have joined with the Nazis, and the landowner living with his peasants in a socialist community grows distant from them. Zsadányi is held responsible for political problems in the country, and will pay with his life.
Drama
Hahó, a tenger!
1

Hahó, a tenger!

Oct 26, 1972
Öcsi is going to have a little brother. The little child is sulking, he is deeply hurt because he learns the great secret not from his parents but his best friend, Évike.
Comedy
István, a király
7.2

István, a király

Apr 19, 1984
István, a király ("Stephen, the King") is a Hungarian rock opera written by Levente Szörényi (music) and János Bródy (lyrics), based on the life of Saint Stephen of Hungary. The storyline was based on the play Ezredforduló (Turn of the Millennium) by Miklós Boldizsár, who co-wrote the libretto. The opera was first staged in 1983 on an open-air stage in Budapest. This first performance was also made into a 1984 film, directed by Gábor Koltay, and its music released on an album. The musical became a smash hit and is still very popular in Hungary and among Hungarian minorities in neighboring countries.
Drama
Holdudvar
6.5

Holdudvar

Jan 09, 1969
Edit, who became the wife of a politician out of a simple peasant girl, suddenly becomes a widow as a result of an accident. She never loved her husband. She lives a wealthy and lonely life amidst false friends, facing one of the last alternatives of her life, i.e. having to face her past in the hope of an independent new beginning.
Drama
Ah! Ça ira
6.2

Ah! Ça ira

Feb 06, 1969
Nous sommes en 1947 ; le parti communiste vient de prendre le pouvoir en Hongrie. Dans le premier film en couleur de Jancsó, de jeunes étudiants d'un collège populaire ont un débat avec des étudiants du séminaire, mais craignent que cela ne dégénère en bagarre.
Drama
Philemon és Baucis
1

Philemon és Baucis

Jan 01, 1970
50 min. TV movie directed by Károly Makk, based on a short story by Tibor Déry (director-writer team of the 1971 classic "Szerelem"). Also shown as part of the director's two-part movie, "Két történet a félmúltból" (1980; with "Téglafal mögött").
Confiance
7.6

Confiance

Jan 10, 1980
En Hongrie pendant la seconde-guerre mondiale. Un homme et une femme se sont passer pour un couple marié pour échapper aux Nazis.
Drama
Élve vagy halva
5

Élve vagy halva

Feb 21, 1980
1852. Gáspár Noszlopy escapes from prison in order to capture the emperor, who is to visit Hungary, with his companions and force him to sign the Declaration of Independence. He is only able to find four fanatic men, as his one-time soldiers have already accepted the established order as unalterable, each of them having found a satisfactory way of life and unwilling to undertake a suicidal experiment.
Adventure
Psaume rouge
6.3

Psaume rouge

Mar 09, 1972
Situé dans les années 1890, dans les plaines hongroises. Un groupe d'ouvriers agricoles se met en grève, au cours duquel ils font face à de dures représailles et à la réalité de la révolte, de l'oppression, de la moralité et de la violence.
Drama
La Belle et le vagabond
5.658
Savanu, surnommé Cornichon et ses amis travaillent dans une usine toute la journée. Après le travail, le seul plaisir est de faire la fête, d’aller voir des concerts de rock et de draguer les filles. Savanu fait la cour sérieusement à Juli qui tombe sous son charme. Mais un soir, elle rencontre un musicien et part avec lui en tournée. Savanu les poursuit et le conflit est inévitable entre les deux rivaux. Juli doit choisir.
Drama
Staféta
1

Staféta

Feb 28, 1971
This film is a documentaristic dispute about the possibilities of young people to assert themselves, to make a career. Zsuzsa is a third-year university student studying pedagogy. She has been dating Zoltán for three years, and her thinking has been fundamentally shaped by this relationship. Yet now she would like to break up with him.
Drama
La pierre lancée
6.3

La pierre lancée

Apr 17, 1969
An aspiring film student is denied a scholarship to the state-funded university when his father is thrown in jail. The man had stopped a train in order to facilitate the union between two old friends. The son then takes a job as a land surveyor and meets a Greek man who works towards the collective benefits of the peasants. The man is killed in a peasant uprising prompted by a bureaucratic boondoggle. The surveyor looks after the man's widow as his emerging political and social awareness leads him take a stand against government injustice. Another incident, in which gypsies are rounded up by state hygiene workers, further galvanizes the man's beliefs. He photographs the incident, and his work allows him to be accepted into the school from which he was previously denied admission.
Drama
Pour Electre
6.3

Pour Electre

Dec 12, 1974
Cela fait quinze ans depuis la mort de son père, Agamemnon, et Elektra brûle toujours de haine pour Aegisztosz, qui a conspiré avec la mère d'Elektra pour le tuer.
Drama
Maternale
1

Maternale

Mar 19, 1978
In a wealthy Italian home, the daughter of the family is trying to cut her mother's apron strings. Not only is she having difficulty with this, for her mother is extremely protective, but she cannot even cut vegetables skillfully. Despite that, she wants to go out and party, mother or no mother.
Drama
Ki van a tojásban?
1

Ki van a tojásban?

May 23, 1974
Zeke, the agile young meteorologist finds out at once that the Szélervé Meteorological Research Institute is dealing exclusively with illegal poultry export. What is more, the genial director Keve invented an artificial hen laying 150 gigantic eggshells at a time.
Comedy
Szegény Dzsoni és Árnika
5
The poor but carefree vagabond Johnny meets the princess Árnika and they fall in love. An evil witch casts a spell on them which turns one of them into a duck. In order to be free of the spell they embark on a long journey to meet King Ajahtan Kutarbani, the only one who can lift the spell.
Fantasy
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
Isten hátrafelé megy
3.5
From the film-shooting in the Buda Castle Marci and his friend go to a well-paying job. The scene is a big castle in the middle of a huge park. They enjoy the company of the Kid and the beautiful naked French girl, Nathalie. Their job is to watch the monitors on which they can see the Moscow coup détat. By the time Gorbachev is executed the Communist and the Nationalists have taken turns in occupying the castle and the park.
Le prince et le pauvre
6.2
Londres, 1535. Tout oppose Édouard, le fils du roi Henri VIII, qui mène depuis toujours une vie de luxe et Tom, issu d'une famille pauvre et élevé par un père alcoolique. Tout, sauf leurs visages, qui sont absolument identiques. Lorsque les deux enfants se rencontrent dans la cour du palais d’Édouard, ils décident d'échanger leurs vies pour quelques heures.
Adventure
La saison des monstres
5.8
Un professeur, Dr. Bardócz, fête son soixantième anniversaire et réunit dans sa maison de vacances ses anciens élèves qui ont construit leur vie en Hongrie ou à l’étranger. Kamondi arrive en dernier avec ses principes égalitaires, il provoque rapidement un conflit entre lui et l’élitiste Kovács. La dispute divise les gens et à l’approche du soir le rassemblement d’amis se transforme de plus en plus à un jeu de mystère étrange où les participants voient les évènements se dérouler sur les écrans de télévisions divers.
Drama
Mary, Mother of Jesus
4.5

Mary, Mother of Jesus

Nov 14, 1999
Mary, Mother of Jesus is a 1999 made-for-television Biblical film that retells the story of Jesus through the eyes of Mary, his mother.
Drama
Abigél
1

Abigél

Apr 23, 1978
Hungarian miniseries.
Drama