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A tale about a little fox Vuk from the novel of the famous Hungarian writer István Fekete.
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The film is set in Budapest, 1924. Laundryman Ede Minarik's only passion is football. His dream is to see his team, Csabagyöngye, qualify for the first division. For this goal he would be willing to sacrifice everything he has. But he has nothing, even footballers just barely. The team is just like the times. But still, "we need a team!"
The Hungarian Oh, Bloody Life reflects on the heavy emotional toll taken by the repressive Stalin regime. Dorotya Udvaros plays a young actress from a high-born family. The government bias against persons of wealth threatens to destroy her career before it begins. As a final blow, she is threatened with deportation. The exasperation inherent in the film's title is only the tip of the iceberg.
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.
Don Juan Tenorio finds himself at the gate of Hell, where he is confronted with the consequences of his 1003 seductions.
Vili fakes illness so he doesn't have to take a math test. Instead, he starts shooting at sparrows from the window with an air rifle. The kindly old lady who feeds the birds turns out to be a real-life fairy who tries to turn Vili into a good boy.
In pre-WWI Austria-Hungary, a physician struggles with his decision about which woman will he marry.
A young girl from the Siberian province arrives in Moscow for her beloved, whom she met during his business trip. He is a test designer for buses and will be on a business trip to Hungary. It was at this point that Katya set her vacation time. But it seems that they didn’t really wait for her... However, a meeting with László changes all her plans...
The protagonist was sent to South America after the war. Now he is back home and wants to meet his old love. At the same time, he takes on the job of looking after his in-laws' children, two very bad boys, while their parents are on holiday abroad. What will become of it? Anyone who meets the "fantastic aunt" at the beginning of the film, as well as Huba and Csaba, will have an inkling.
At 15 he and his family became victims of state terror. At 16 he became a freedom fighter to participate in the 1956 Revolution against Soviet oppression. At 17 he is betrayed and arrested by the dreaded Secret Police (AVH). Now he has to spend the remainder of his life in a political prison, called Hell's Hallway, to reach the legal age of 18 before his death penalty can be carried out. Peter Mansfeld was 18 when he was unjustly executed by the totalitarian regime of Hungary. Today he is remembered as one of the national heroes of Hungary.
Rolla, the Count's daughter, meets István Baracs, a railway engineer, at the village fair and they become very fond of each other. Of course, the count's family would never agree to the marriage, they would only let a noble groom into their house. However, the engineer's valet, Miksa, and the Count's butler, Marcsa, really know how to settle affairs of the heart.
A new socialistic city is being built on the Danube's riverbank in the early 50's. The story is about a teacher who's living there.
Isti, a junior official in the ministry, is a happy husband and father. He works all day to support his family, and gives his wife all the money she needs to bring home, as a proper husband should. But one day his colleagues are talking about female philandering, and Isti's jealousy flares up for no reason. In addition, he is let home early from work because of the holiday, causing a bit of a disturbance because his wife hasn't finished lunch yet. Isti is suspicious of everything, even her friend Évi gets her worked up. She and the woman have a row over four crowns, and Isti runs away from home to see her friend, the skirt-chasing Füredit. The two men set off together into the Pest night...
In 2017, three inmates - a former prime minister, an online journalist and a prison guard - await their sentences at Budapest’s Kozma Street Prison, each haunted by the spring 2006 elections, the Őszöd speech leak, the MTV siege and the October 23 protests at Astoria. As they relive those pivotal moments, their memories intertwine to reveal how that year’s political upheaval reshaped Hungary’s future.
