Márta Mészáros

Documentary about film director Marta Meszaros featuring on-set interviews with the director and creative collaborators

Maria Zmarz-Koczanowicz directed this insightful TV documentary (2005) tracing the Polish filmmaker's career. Former classmates reminisce about...

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

Márta Mészáros' father, the sculptor László Mészáros, was executed during the Stalinist purges of...

The lifelong friendship of Edith Piaf and Marlene Dietrich.

When middle-aged Kata realises that her life will only be complete if she has a baby of her own, her longstanding-but-married boyfriend Joska refuses...

When middle-aged Kata realises that her life will only be complete if she has a baby of her own, her longstanding-but-married boyfriend Joska refuses...

Fanny lives in the forest with her meteorologist mother. One day on her way across the forest to visit her grandmother and great grandmother, she has...

After having lost her parents, young Juli returns from the Soviet Union to her native Budapest. Scarred by the wounds of the past, the ghost of...

After having lost her parents, young Juli returns from the Soviet Union to her native Budapest. Scarred by the wounds of the past, the ghost of...

This story follows a young student, who is orphaned as she grows to adulthood in the shadow of the 1956 Hungarian uprising. Coming from the Communist...

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...

On his return from America, András simply cannot find his place: he has lost his wife, friends and job, and he cannot even find his way back...

A continuation of "Diary for My Children," the film picks up in 1950, when Juli, the diarist, is 18 and determined to become a movie director.

A continuation of "Diary for My Children," the film picks up in 1950, when Juli, the diarist, is 18 and determined to become a movie director.

A story of a mother who had to change her profession from a teacher to a high class prostitute to make a living.

An expressionist biography of Edith Stein, who converted from the Jewish faith to the Catholic one and became a Carmelite sister. She would die in a...

An expressionist biography of Edith Stein, who converted from the Jewish faith to the Catholic one and became a Carmelite sister. She would die in a...

During the rising of nazism, Sylvia, a rich but sterile woman, needs an heir to inherit her father's money. So she bribes Irene, a Jewish girl, to...

Jutka, a young woman who works in a factory, falls in love with Andras, a university student. She pretends to be a student, to him and to his...

Jutka, a young woman who works in a factory, falls in love with Andras, a university student. She pretends to be a student, to him and to his...

Looking for a safe place to live after being harassed by her husband, a depressive and violent man, Juli stays at a women's shelter run by...

One of the doyennes of Hungarian film deals with a dark period of national history: the Soviet regime in Hungary. She portrays it through the fate of...

A day in the solitary life of Pista, a single child of divorced parents. The boy skips school and explores the city of Budapest by himself, yet can't...

What if democracy fails citizens by not serving them all equally? What if inequality becomes the norm and the most vulnerable citizens are left...

This story follows a young student, who is orphaned as she grows to adulthood in the shadow of the 1956 Hungarian uprising. Coming from the Communist...

Savanyú and his friend work at a plant. After the monotonous shifts they engage in the pleasures of the afternoon and the night, i.e. parties...

This drama follows the dilemma of a young, unwillingly pregnant wife who gives her child up for adoption by a businesswoman. Anna doesn't need...

Anna is a stylist in Budapest. One day at a restaurant, she thinks she recognizes Marie Aubier, a 22-year-old French girl, her own daughter.

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...

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...

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...

Anthology film made as an act of protest against Hungarian government of Viktor Orban.

Anthology film made as an act of protest against Hungarian government of Viktor Orban.

Looking for a safe place to live after being harassed by her husband, a depressive and violent man, Juli stays at a women's shelter run by...

Juli works in a factory while pursuing a course in agrarian science. Her manager falls in love with her and an affair develops. She wants a sincere...

Juli works in a factory while pursuing a course in agrarian science. Her manager falls in love with her and an affair develops. She wants a sincere...

A day in the solitary life of Pista, a single child of divorced parents. The boy skips school and explores the city of Budapest by himself, yet can't...

A Polish guest and Finnish engineer both fall for the same mysterious woman.

A Polish guest and Finnish engineer both fall for the same mysterious woman.

The film's protagonists are the orphaned children taken into custody by the state and institutionalized at Children's House no. 6 from Bucharest. For...

The film's protagonists are the orphaned children taken into custody by the state and institutionalized at Children's House no. 6 from Bucharest. For...

Made on the occasion of March 8, it presents a series of brief portraits of women, from various professional fields, of different ages and even of...

This drama follows the dilemma of a young, unwillingly pregnant wife who gives her child up for adoption by a businesswoman. Anna doesn't need...

When middle-aged Kata realises that her life will only be complete if she has a baby of her own, her longstanding-but-married boyfriend Joska refuses...

On his return from America, András simply cannot find his place: he has lost his wife, friends and job, and he cannot even find his way back...

A modernized version of the famous ballet work by Bela Bartok

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...

The movie is inspired by writer-director Márta Mészáros' own childhood. The film is a grim reminder of horrible days under...

One of the doyennes of Hungarian film deals with a dark period of national history: the Soviet regime in Hungary. She portrays it through the fate of...

The Aurora Borealis is a story of family that is rich in twists and turns. It breaks the depths of the relationship between mother and daughter. A...

Officer Karikas from Petersburg should be in Saratov with her servant,in the way he played cards and losing much,even to stuck in the hotel.Local...

The movie is inspired by writer-director Márta Mészáros' own childhood. The film is a grim reminder of horrible days under...

During the rising of nazism, Sylvia, a rich but sterile woman, needs an heir to inherit her father's money. So she bribes Irene, a Jewish girl, to...

Anna is a stylist in Budapest. One day at a restaurant, she thinks she recognizes Marie Aubier, a 22-year-old French girl, her own daughter.

A story of a mother who had to change her profession from a teacher to a high class prostitute to make a living.

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...

Péter, a literary critic, is tasked by the secret police to persuade Social Democratic politician, Anna Kéthly, who has been living in...

Young Petőfi Zoltán the son of the great Hungarian poet, Petőfi Sándor, feels as though he were a stranger in the house of his mother...

Fanny lives in the forest with her meteorologist mother. One day on her way across the forest to visit her grandmother and great grandmother, she has...