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7.7
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3.9
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Merry-Go-Round (1956)
In a rural scenery in the throes of difficult changes lives a humble but promising young farmer girl called Mari Pataki. Her father forbids her from seeing the man she loves. The father, above all preoccupied by work on the fields and prospective wealth, decides to give his daughter in marriage to an old but rich man with whom he does business. Land marries land, he says. This seems to be the unyielding rule of the Hungarian peasantry. But the young lover is ready to stand up to any challenge to keep Maris love.
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68
28
6.9
/550/
68
/15/
64
/19/
3.6
/1859/

The Girl (1968)
A young woman leaves a state orphanage to find her mother in this interesting examination of how the overt repression of women in the older pattern of village life has been replaced by the more subtle exploitation inherent in the apparently freer existence of young girls in the contemporary city.
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73
22
7.4
/1703/
76
/33/
75
/13/
3.5
/378/

The Pregnant Papa (1989)
In the small village of Rátót, every male is called Béla. When a woman gives birth to her child, she names him Józsi...
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62
19
7.0
/984/
58
/10/
53
/16/
3.4
/569/
62
/12/

Another Way (1982)
Political and sexual repression in Hungary, just after the revolution of 1956. Passionate and determined, Eva gets a job as a journalist. There, she meets Livia and is attracted to her. Livia feels much the same, but as a married woman, has doubts and hesitations. In their work, they (and Eva in particular) bang up against the limits of telling political truths; in private, they confront the limits of living out sexual and emotional truth.
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10
/1/

The Face (1970)
The film take place in Budapest, in the end of The World War II, telling the story of a young Communist who escaped from prison. The boy tries to revitalise his contact with the movement, but he is told to be quiet and wait.
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5.8
/19/
10
/1/
80
/2/

Öcsi, a sztár (1988)
Öcsi adores Sarolta, the prettiest girl in class. Öcsi wants to woo her, but how? Take her bag, kidnap her in a Mercedes, serenade her? In this cheerful film with music and dance, scenes alternate between real and imaginary.
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10
/1/

Face to Face (1970)
The members of a rifle-corps unit gather in a village by the western border
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6.5
/23/

The Silent File (1978)
This detective story about three women who humiliate men.
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7.0
/17/
10
/1/

Krebsz, the God (1970)
The protagonist of this farce is the enthusiastic, bald, spectacled Krebsz, an employee at the Prime and Sample Institute. He alerts the whole village to organise a beauty contest in the weed-field of Balatonszutykos. Hoping to win the grand prize, the leading role in a two-hour colour-film, the girls make all efforts and use all their tricks.
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6.8
/24/
10
/1/
60
/1/

Gala Dinner (1956)
Varsa engineer receives the Kossuth award for his excellent work. His career once began at the family enterprise of his wife, so the woman invites her relatives for a dinner party.
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6.6
/10/

Once upon a Railway... (1975)
The children of Somsabátony decide to build the country's first children's railway as they very much would like to make their birth-place famous.
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7.1
/17/
10
/1/

Captive Ráby (1964)
Joseph II, the enlightened Austro-Hungarian emperor, entrusts his loyal and confidential subject, Ráby Mátyás, formerly a treasurer, to examine the abuses made by the magistrates of Szentendre and Izbég. Following his old friend, Dacsó Marci's directions, Ráby reveals horrible robberies, tax evasions, frauds, and other illegal acts having been committed against the people.
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4.7
/9/
10
/1/

Battle in Peace (1952)
András Beke, a tractor driver, enlists as a conscript, but he does not want to accept the army's rules and regulations, he wants to show that he is an individual here too. During the marching drill, he goes on an exploratory expedition, drinks from the forbidden water and commits other offences. But the educational punishments make him realise that in the army, instead of being a hero, you have to learn, work hard, stand up for yourself and show solidarity. His re-education is aided by his commanders and peers, but love also plays an important role...
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6.0
/40/
10
/1/

The Talking Caftan (1969)
The 16th century Kecskemét troubled by both the Kurutses and the Labancs would like a Bey from the Buda pasha to defend them in exchange for four beautiful girls, but only gets a caftan. It was a good deal, however. All Muslims fall on their knees when they see the magic caftan and fulfil its owner's wish.
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6.9
/93/
63
/6/
80
/1/

The Palisade Street Kidnapping (1985)
The Kondor family lives on the outskirts of Budapest, the father a truck driver abroad. The subtenant wants to act like the head of the family one day, but one of the children thwarts his wedding plans.
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6.2
/32/
10
/1/
70
/1/

The Widow and the Police Officer (1967)
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.
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6.4
/15/
10
/1/

Wait a Sec! (1973)
This film shows us around a factory in the seventies in Hungary. In the outskirts factory of Kőbánya workers celebrate the foundation members and want to present the oldest member, Uncle Benda, now a pensioner, with a golden ring. His grandson, Karcsi Merkovics, an industrial apprentice, is in love with the foreman's daughter.
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10
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It's a Long Way Home (1960)
Csepel, 1945. The Csűrös family, in addition to their three children, give accommodation to the orphaned Jóska, although they themselves struggle with difficult circumstances. The boy lends a helping hand in the factory during the days.
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7.1
/19/

The Elephant (1978)
Just a few days before the foreign delegation arrives at the ZOO, someone scribbled the elephant with unwashable paint.
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10
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Aranyidő (1985)
N/A
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10
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Romanticism (1972)
This film, set at the end of the 18th century, in a provincial and noble environment raises the question of humans forced to lead a meaningless life. The rich Transylvanian noble youth, Kálmán, absorbed the spirit of freedom and enlightened culture in Paris. Returning to his father's estate, he encounters a superstitious backwardness and an orgiastic storming of violence and instincts.
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7.1
/79/
50
/3/
100
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A Thorn under the Fingernail (1987)
From the intrigues and slander of the branch the painter Hódosi moves out to a hamlet at Hortobágy. He gets into conflict situation as well as he cannot endure that the political and economic elite of the neigbourhood would devastate the nature conservation area with hunting and (tax evading) goose husbandry.
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6.9
/60/
35
/2/
72
/5/

The Sack (1966)
For the first time after 11 years, Simon, a young historian visits the village of his childhood at Balaton and Aunt Lina, his foster-mother. He gets upset by what he experiences there: the old woman's troublesome and vexing everydays, her quiet sadness. He is overwhelmed by his own memories, the death of his foster-father and by everything he was not aware of before, or he simply wanted to forget.
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4.0
/9/

The Limits of Love (1974)
Zsófi, the young nurse is surprised to see how difficult it is for some people to change their habits. She uses rather strict methods to make people get used to cleanliness and healthy diet and to create a proper life style for the women when pregnant. Doctor Varga, who has lost faith in his wife, tends to accept the young nurse's clever arguments in more and more matters. Later he falls in love with the dynamic girl.
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42
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7.5
/228/
10
/1/

The Black City (1972)
Feature film version of the 1971 series. On the eve of the 18th century, County Vicecomes Görgey Pál broods alone in his manor while the town of Leutschau celebrates New Year’s with lead‐casting omens and a disastrous hunt that sparks a bitter feud. As Görgey fights for his honor and life, and the townspeople defend their Saxon privileges, their mutual blind ambition prevents them from seeing the rising light of Rákóczi’s coming rebellion.
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5.4
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10
/1/

Georges Dandin (1955)
György Dandin, the rich bourgeois concludes a marriage contract with the noblemen Lükeházy couple who has turned poor: he can marry their daughter in return of a regular financial contribution. Angyalka escapes the undesired husband at their very first night, and furthermore she establishes a secret romantic relationship with Count Klitander who suits her a lot better.
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5.0
/9/
10
/1/

Liberated Land (1951)
Jóska has become a Communist in the Csillag prison in Szeged. In the meantime, Gábor successfully talks people in Jóska's native village out of joining the German-led Hungarian army.
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6.7
/69/
10
/1/
53
/3/

Hello, Vera (1967)
The family travels to Zebegény for their holiday, and the following day the seventeen-year-old Vera also leaves for Lake Balaton to pick peaches in a voluntary camp there. Her boyfriend, Gyuri, goes to a film shooting. Gyuri would like to make the best of the day in the absence of parents, but Vera refuses him. She becomes jealous at once, however, when she discovers Gyuri's previous girlfriend in the shooting team.
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10
/1/

A Certain Major Benedek (1960)
On the eve of World War II, Major Benedek Zoltán is an embodiment of the service regulations in the army. He only discloses his feelings towards Anna, his brother's widow. An investigation is conducted in the regiment to identify Communists.
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67
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6.0
/127/
80
/2/
62
/4/

Dream Brigade (1989)
The heroes of the film are manual workers, members of a Socialist Brigade. Gyula, the brigade leader once has a dream where the gate-keeper searches through Lenin, about to leave the factory. He decides to stage Gelman's play, Premium, with his brigade, since the drama very effectively depicts what they see in the world around.
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6.4
/19/

The Accent (1977)
An adult educator arrives in the small-town factory with loads of books, energy and a freshly received diploma. The honest young man with dreamy eyes humanises the life of the plant, in a way distributing himself among people.
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6.8
/30/
10
/1/

Martin Cuckoo (1973)
Marci, an impertinent crook buries his drunk parents and chooses to wander instead of becoming an apprentice.
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7.2
/8/

A 78-as autóbusz útvonala - Kis kitérővel (1976)
A passenger has a heart attack on bus 78. People react in different ways to the tragedy, which causes a minor panic, but fortunately there are still some people with their heads and hearts in the right place. Are there?
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7.8
/24/
10
/1/

Test Trip (1961)
Vetró János, the lorry driver, is an alcoholic. His marriage is in pieces, his wife has a lover. Their son suffers an accident. The next day his wife moves out. In his desperation, Vetró drinks even more, and leaves his work as well.
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8.0
/20/
10
/1/

The Martyrdom of St. John (1966)
Story of a young teacher starting to work in rural Hungary
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7.0
/59/
45
/2/

Tales of a Long Journey (1962)
On the crowded train, the workers entertain each other by telling stories.
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8.2
/71/
45
/2/
90
/1/

Military Band (1961)
Merry soldiers arrive in the sleepy Transdanubian town. The cynical woman-hunter, Ferdinándy, learns to know doctor Barlay's beautiful wife at a carnival. She lives a happy married life, and the attentions of the lieutenant are all in vain.
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7.0
/65/
10
/1/
70
/1/

The Birth of Menyhért Simon (1954)
Every member of a small community in the snow-capped Bükk Mountains is trying to help the doctor get to István Simon forester's house where his wife is about to give birth to their first child.
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6.0
/33/
10
/1/

Love Travelling a Coach (1955)
The top management of the co-operative in the rural community at Lake Balaton goes on coaches everywhere to irritate Mrs. Peczöli, the snobbish wife of the only individual farmer. Peczöli would readily join the co-operative, should it not oppose his apple improving experiments.
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72
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7.6
/214/
60
/3/
80
/1/

Villa Negra (1963)
A past world is revived in the little cottage in the outskirts, next to the housing blocks under construction. Tamburás, the old hobo collects swerved youth: Diák, who desires freedom, the bus driver who is deprived of his license for having run over someone, and the rest. They have got an easy and unbound life there, with constant music, small thefts, occasional labour, tricks.
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64
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7.6
/543/
52
/12/
55
/7/
3.7
/253/

Twenty Hours (1965)
A crusading newspaper reporter covers the Soviet invasion of Hungary in 1956. Initially critical of the communists, the feature later espouses the virtues of the social changes implemented since the invasion. The title refers to the period of time the reporter spent interviewing witnesses to the invasion.
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59
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6.8
/156/
47
/4/
63
/3/

The Magic Jacket (1973)
The poor little Ferkó is trying to enrich his miserable life with imaginary fairy tale figures and superstitious little stories. He suffers from diphtheria, and while he is having a visionary dream, Cinkekirály (Titmouse King) saves him from the claws of the magic Küsmödi. He expects his magic jacket to enable him to know everything at school without having studied.
poster
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6.4
/23/
40
/2/

The Brigade No. 39 (1959)
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.
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10
/1/

Virrad (1960)
N/A
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61
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6.8
/298/
50
/3/
67
/7/

Sparrows Are Birds Too (1968)
A comedy about two twin brothers - Sándor, who emigrated and became a rich man, and Zoltán, who stayed in Hungary and lives the life of an average working-class man. When Sándor visits his twin brother, they are constantly mistaken for each other, and when Zoltán sees how differently people treat Sándor because of his money and his foreign citizenship, he begins to like being mistaken for him - until he realizes that this means he will lose his girlfriend Szöszi...
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3.2
/10/
10
/1/

Pár lépés a határ (1959)
Based on the novel of the same name by Lajos Meszterházy about the escape from prison of two communists sentenced to death. The movie is set in 1921, two years after the defeat of the Hungarian Soviet Republic.
poster
33
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6.3
/205/
10
/1/
28
/4/

Dreams of Love (1970)
This is a romantic biographical film about Franz Liszt. In a distinguished saloon of Paris, the unknown composer, Liszt, defeats the renown Thalberg at a piano competition. Through his playing, he wins the favours and later the hand of the countess D'Agoult. A daughter is born in their marriage, Cosima. Liszt is better and better known, Marie introduces him to the circle of artists.
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61
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6.3
/163/
55
/4/
67
/3/

Kojak in Budapest (1980)
Lt. Kojak arrives in Budapest as a guest speaker for the 'International Crime Writers Conference'. Soon after he starts enjoying the pleasures that the city has to offer, he assists his old friends at the police department with a case. The case involves solving the murder of a noted scientist, unaware that a Mafia hit man and his female companion are targeting him.


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