Márta Mészáros

Márta Mészáros

Márta Mészáros (born 19 September 1931) is a Hungarian screenwriter and film director. The daughter of László Mészáros, a sculptor, Mészáros began her career working in documentary film, having made 25 documentary shorts over the span of ten years. Her full-length directorial debut, Eltavozott nap/The Girl (1968), was the first Hungarian film to have been directed by a woman, and won the Special Prize of the Jury at the Valladolid International Film Festival. Mészáros' work often combines autobiographical details with documentary footage. Prominent themes include characters' denials of their pasts, the consequences of dishonesty, and the problematics of gender. Her films often feature heroines from fragmented families, such as young girls seeking their missing parents (The Girl) or middle-aged women looking to adopt children (Adoption). Although Mészáros has made over fifteen feature films, she is arguably best known for Diary for My Children (1984), which won the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival. It was the first entry in a trilogy of autobiographical films which also includes Diary for my Lovers (1987) and Diary for my Father and Mother (1990). Throughout her career, Mészáros has won the Golden Bear and the Silver Bear awards at the Berlinale; the Golden Medal at the Chicago International Film Festival; the Silver Shell at the San Sebastian International Film Festival; and the FIPRESCI Prize at the Cannes Film Festival. In 1991 she was a member of the jury at the 17th Moscow International Film Festival.

  • Title: Márta Mészáros
  • Popularity: 1.178
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1931-09-19
  • Place of Birth: Budapest, Hungary
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Márta Mészáros Movies

  • 1979
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    Marta Meszaros: Portrait of the Hungarian Filmmaker

    Marta Meszaros: Portrait of the Hungarian Filmmaker

    1 1979 HD

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

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  • 2005
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    Still Alive: A Film About Krzysztof Kieslowski

    Still Alive: A Film About Krzysztof Kieslowski

    8.5 2005 HD

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

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  • 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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  • 2015
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    My Mother's Letters to Stalin

    My Mother's Letters to Stalin

    1 2015 HD

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

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  • 1993
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    Edith and Marlene

    Edith and Marlene

    1 1993 HD

    The lifelong friendship of Edith Piaf and Marlene Dietrich.

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  • 1975
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    Adoption

    Adoption

    6.75 1975 HD

    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...

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  • 1975
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    Adoption

    Adoption

    6.75 1975 HD

    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...

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  • 1990
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    Bye Bye, Red Riding Hood

    Bye Bye, Red Riding Hood

    5.5 1990 HD

    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...

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  • 1984
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    Diary for My Children

    Diary for My Children

    6.9 1984 HD

    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...

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  • 1984
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    Diary for My Children

    Diary for My Children

    6.9 1984 HD

    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...

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  • 1990
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    Diary for My Father and My Mother

    Diary for My Father and My Mother

    6.2 1990 HD

    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...

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  • 1968
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    The Girl

    The Girl

    6.7 1968 HD

    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...

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  • 1978
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    Just Like at Home

    Just Like at Home

    3 1978 HD

    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...

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  • 1987
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    Diary for My Loves

    Diary for My Loves

    6.9 1987 HD

    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.

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  • 1987
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    Diary for My Loves

    Diary for My Loves

    6.9 1987 HD

    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.

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  • 1999
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    Daughters of Fortune

    Daughters of Fortune

    4.4 1999 HD

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

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  • 1996
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    The Seventh Room

    The Seventh Room

    6.5 1996 HD

    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...

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  • 1996
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    The Seventh Room

    The Seventh Room

    6.5 1996 HD

    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...

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  • 1980
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    The Inheritance

    The Inheritance

    6.9 1980 HD

    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...

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  • 1973
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    Riddance

    Riddance

    5.7 1973 HD

    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...

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  • 1973
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    Riddance

    Riddance

    5.7 1973 HD

    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...

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  • 1978
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    The Two of Them

    The Two of Them

    6.2 1978 HD

    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...

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  • 2004
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    The Unburied Man

    The Unburied Man

    5.8 2004 HD

    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...

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  • 1965
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    Blow-Ball

    Blow-Ball

    1 1965 HD

    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...

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  • 2017
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    No Country for the Poor

    No Country for the Poor

    1 2017 HD

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

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  • 1990
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    Diary for My Father and My Mother

    Diary for My Father and My Mother

    6.2 1990 HD

    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...

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  • 1970
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    Don’t Cry, Pretty Girls!

    Don’t Cry, Pretty Girls!

    5.6 1970 HD

    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...

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  • 1994
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    Fetus

    Fetus

    1 1994 HD

    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...

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  • 1981
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    A Mother, a Daughter

    A Mother, a Daughter

    6 1981 HD

    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.

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  • 1979
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    On the Move

    On the Move

    5 1979 HD

    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...

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  • 1969
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    Binding Sentiments

    Binding Sentiments

    6.3 1969 HD

    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...

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  • 1969
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    Binding Sentiments

    Binding Sentiments

    6.3 1969 HD

    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...

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  • 2012
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    Hungary 2011

    Hungary 2011

    1 2012 HD

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

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  • 2012
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    Hungary 2011

    Hungary 2011

    1 2012 HD

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

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  • 1978
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    The Two of Them

    The Two of Them

    6.2 1978 HD

    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...

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  • 1976
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    Nine Months

    Nine Months

    6.2 1976 HD

    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...

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  • 1976
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    Nine Months

    Nine Months

    6.2 1976 HD

    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...

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  • 1965
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    Blow-Ball

    Blow-Ball

    1 1965 HD

    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...

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  • 1984
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    Vieras

    Vieras

    1 1984 HD

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

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  • 1984
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    Vieras

    Vieras

    1 1984 HD

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

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  • 1957
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    Let All Children Smile

    Let All Children Smile

    1 1957 HD

    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...

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  • 1957
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    Let All Children Smile

    Let All Children Smile

    1 1957 HD

    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...

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  • 1958
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    Women of Today

    Women of Today

    1 1958 HD

    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...

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  • 1994
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    Fetus

    Fetus

    1 1994 HD

    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...

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  • 1975
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    Adoption

    Adoption

    6.75 1975 HD

    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...

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  • 1978
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    Just Like at Home

    Just Like at Home

    3 1978 HD

    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...

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  • 1970
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    The Miraculous Mandarin

    The Miraculous Mandarin

    1 1970 HD

    A modernized version of the famous ballet work by Bela Bartok

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  • 1968
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    The Girl

    The Girl

    6.7 1968 HD

    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...

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  • 2000
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    Little Vilma: The Last Diary

    Little Vilma: The Last Diary

    4 2000 HD

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

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  • 1968
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    In Memoriam László Mészáros

    In Memoriam László Mészáros

    1 1968 HD

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  • 1968
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    In Memoriam László Mészáros

    In Memoriam László Mészáros

    1 1968 HD

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  • 2004
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    The Unburied Man

    The Unburied Man

    5.8 2004 HD

    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...

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  • 2017
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    Aurora Borealis: Northern Light

    Aurora Borealis: Northern Light

    6.6 2017 HD

    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...

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  • 1983
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    The Land of Mirage

    The Land of Mirage

    1 1983 HD

    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...

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  • 2000
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    Little Vilma: The Last Diary

    Little Vilma: The Last Diary

    4 2000 HD

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

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  • 1980
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    The Inheritance

    The Inheritance

    6.9 1980 HD

    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...

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  • 1981
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    A Mother, a Daughter

    A Mother, a Daughter

    6 1981 HD

    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.

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  • 1999
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    Daughters of Fortune

    Daughters of Fortune

    4.4 1999 HD

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

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  • 1979
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    On the Move

    On the Move

    5 1979 HD

    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...

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  • 2009
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    Last Report on Anna

    Last Report on Anna

    1 2009 HD

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

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  • 1974
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    At the End of September

    At the End of September

    1 1974 HD

    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...

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  • 1990
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    Bye Bye, Red Riding Hood

    Bye Bye, Red Riding Hood

    5.5 1990 HD

    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...

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  • 1975
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    Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

    Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

    6 1975 HD

    A talk show presented by Michel Drucker

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