Judit Elek

Judit Elek

Judit Elek (born 10 November 1937; Budapest) is a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. She has directed 16 films between 1962 and 2006. Her film Mária-nap was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival. She graduated in 1961 from the Academy of Drama and Film in Budapest (now the University of Theatre and Film Arts Budapest), and joined Mafilm as an assistant director. She is one of the founders of the Béla Balász Studio for young filmmakers. Between 1962 and 2011, she made multiple short films, documentaries and features. The renowned film Mária-nap (1984) screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival. She was also one of the participants in the IFFR jubilee project 25 Encounters. Elek’s films are the subject of a focus programme at IFFR 2023, featuring titles such as Találkozás (1963), Kastélyok lakói (1966) and Istenmezején, 1972-73-ban (1974).

  • Title: Judit Elek
  • Popularity: 0.485
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1937-11-10
  • Place of Birth: Budapest, Hungary
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Judit Elek Movies

  • 2010
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    Negative history of Hungarian cinema

    Negative history of Hungarian cinema

    1 2010 HD

    Reconstructions of unrealized Hungarian films in cooperation with the greatest Hungarian film directors.

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  • 1963
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    Encounter

    Encounter

    6 1963 HD

    A man, a woman, an afternoon, a city, and an unspoken, hopeful desire to find love by way of the personal ads. A milestone of Hungarian cinema, Elek...

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  • 1969
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    The Lady from Constantinople

    The Lady from Constantinople

    5.5 1969 HD

    Persuaded by the janitor's wife, a lively, but lonesome old woman, who is only attached to the world through her cherished objects and memories,...

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  • 1976
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    Nobody's Daughter

    Nobody's Daughter

    6.1 1976 HD

    An orphan girl suffers abuse from her adoptive parents.

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  • 1980
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    The Trial of Martinovics and the Hungarian Jacobins

    The Trial of Martinovics and the Hungarian Jacobins

    1 1980 HD

    For this austere, clear and sharp telefeature, Judit Elek focused on the last months of Martinovics’ life: his interrogation by the Austrians,...

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  • 1984
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    Maria's Day

    Maria's Day

    1 1984 HD

    The Hungarian Maria's Day is set in that most fateful of years, 1848. The incredible changes and reverses in European politics and culture exert a...

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  • 1967
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    How Long Does Man Live?

    How Long Does Man Live?

    1 1967 HD

    This two-part film examines the plight of the working class. In part one, an elderly factory laborer goes to work in his last days before he is...

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  • 1967
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    Inhabitants of Castles in Hungary in 1966

    Inhabitants of Castles in Hungary in 1966

    1 1967 HD

    A look at the present use of several Hungarian castles whose former owners in some cases are still around, but kept out of sight for being relics of...

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  • 2018
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    After All the Dead Sing Again...

    After All the Dead Sing Again...

    1 2018 HD

    The film sums up the results of a massive endeavour in historical restoration and reconstruction, then recording Elek became engaged with: that of...

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  • 1996
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    A Free Man – The Life of Ernő Fisch

    A Free Man – The Life of Ernő Fisch

    1 1996 HD

    Erno Fisch, the film's protagonist, was born in 1903 in Sighet, the same small town as his world-famous compatriot, Elie Wiesel. Erno Fisch was the...

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  • 2011
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    Retrace

    Retrace

    1 2011 HD

    Katherine, who survived the Holocaust at age seven, visits her fatherland of Transylvania, Romania for the first time departing from Sweden with her...

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  • 1974
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    Tamás Cseh: The First Photo

    Tamás Cseh: The First Photo

    1 1974 HD

    In March 1974, Hungarian television recorded a concert by Tamás Cseh and Ad Libitum as a live concert for two days (16-17) in the largest...

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  • 1970
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    We Will Meet in 1972 – In Dark and in Light

    We Will Meet in 1972 – In Dark and in Light

    1 1970 HD

    A television documentary about miners: the reality of their work versus how it is made to look and sound in the public sphere.

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  • 1996
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    Elie Wiesel Goes Home

    Elie Wiesel Goes Home

    1 1996 HD

    A documentary chronicling the adolescent years of Elie Wiesel and the history of his sufferings. Eliezer was fifteen when Fascism brutally altered...

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  • 1963
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    Encounter

    Encounter

    6 1963 HD

    A man, a woman, an afternoon, a city, and an unspoken, hopeful desire to find love by way of the personal ads. A milestone of Hungarian cinema, Elek...

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  • 1995
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    Awakening

    Awakening

    1 1995 HD

    1952, Budapest. Kati is thirteen years old when her mother dies. Her father works as a founder at the Miskolc foundry, deprived of his former...

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  • 1995
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    Awakening

    Awakening

    1 1995 HD

    1952, Budapest. Kati is thirteen years old when her mother dies. Her father works as a founder at the Miskolc foundry, deprived of his former...

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  • 1995
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    Awakening

    Awakening

    1 1995 HD

    1952, Budapest. Kati is thirteen years old when her mother dies. Her father works as a founder at the Miskolc foundry, deprived of his former...

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  • 1990
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    Memories of a River

    Memories of a River

    5.5 1990 HD

    In the 19th century Austro-Hungarian Empire, David Hersko, a Jewish shepherd, witnesses the attack of a young girl. His home is burned down and he...

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  • 1990
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    Memories of a River

    Memories of a River

    5.5 1990 HD

    In the 19th century Austro-Hungarian Empire, David Hersko, a Jewish shepherd, witnesses the attack of a young girl. His home is burned down and he...

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  • 1974
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    On the Field of God in 1972-73

    On the Field of God in 1972-73

    1 1974 HD

    The first part of Judit Eleks long-term documentary portraits the lives of two girls in a small Hungarian village: Marika and Ilonka. As they grow...

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  • 1976
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    A Commonplace Story

    A Commonplace Story

    1 1976 HD

    The second part of Judit Eleks long-term documentary about two girls and their lives in a small Hungarian village. What has become of their dreams...

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  • 2006
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    The Eighth Day of the Week

    The Eighth Day of the Week

    7 2006 HD

    After her husband's death, Hanna Szendroy, the former primadonna, is caught in the claws of the real estate mafia. She looses her lavish home and...

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  • 2006
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    The Eighth Day of the Week

    The Eighth Day of the Week

    7 2006 HD

    After her husband's death, Hanna Szendroy, the former primadonna, is caught in the claws of the real estate mafia. She looses her lavish home and...

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  • 2006
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    The Eighth Day of the Week

    The Eighth Day of the Week

    7 2006 HD

    After her husband's death, Hanna Szendroy, the former primadonna, is caught in the claws of the real estate mafia. She looses her lavish home and...

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  • 1980
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    Maybe Tomorrow

    Maybe Tomorrow

    1 1980 HD

    A couple in love, but sadly married to other partners. What is to be done? A diagnosis of a comfortable but profoundly incapable society, a Hungary...

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  • 1969
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    The Lady from Constantinople

    The Lady from Constantinople

    5.5 1969 HD

    Persuaded by the janitor's wife, a lively, but lonesome old woman, who is only attached to the world through her cherished objects and memories,...

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