More great hungarian Movies?

Thank you very much for your recomendations, I´m already downloading most of them, the ones with english subtitles and they look terrific. Something about hungarian epic movies?

Jancsó is a far better filmmaker than the overrated Szabó.

Zimmer Feri?? Well, director Péter Timár is a great talent with a very unique vision of filmmaking. His first films are great comedies. "Egészséges erotika" ("Soft Eroticism") and "Csapd le csacsi!" ("Slap-Jack") are great comedies made by a real colourful filmmaker. Then - after a 5 year hiatus - he made his big hit, the highly overrated "Csinibaba" (which isn't a bad movie either). Then after his huge popularity-rise he began to make worse and worse and worse films. Each of his films are worse than the last one. His last comedy "Le a fejjel!" ("Off with his head") is one of the worst movies in the history of filmmaking, a film must be avoided by anyone who likes films. I didn't saw his latest film, in which he tried to make a serious, non-comedic one, "A herceg haladéka", although critics said that it's quite enjoyable.

"Zimmer Feri" is on the middle-ground between his best and worst. Although many people (most critics) says that it is very bad, I think it's watchable. Not a great movie, but you can laugh on it for the first time (then you forget it). BTW apart from "Egészséges erotika" this film is the best example for Timár's unique and strange editing / filmmaking style. If you watch it you will know what I'm talking about. The plot concerns around a guy who tries to make money by making his home a holiday apartment for German tourists. It would work if he wouldn't be that mean and try to make everything as cheap as possible... but there are many sub-plots including a black waitress girl and a stolen bag of money among others.

"A voice from behind me reminds me. Spread out your wings you are an angel."

Eperjes? A good actor? I saw "Hídember" and HIS FACE WASN'T MOVING AT ALL. Every time I see him, he has the same facial expression. O_o How can someone with such a rigid face be a good actor? (BTW, "Hídember" is bloody boring, so I guess it qualifies as one of the worst Hungarian movies.)

eperjes is not half as good as he used to be. (im saying that independently of his questionable political views). although, he showed his old qualities in mansfeld. he and ervin nagy carry that film (by the way, it was far better then i thought it would be.) for me, maya morgenstein was annoying.
don't watch "children of glory" ("szabadság, szerelem"), if you are not particularly interested in hungarian epic films (after 1989, due to the lack of founding, hungarian epic movies really died out. there were some wannabe epics ("honfoglalás") and some really scr*wed-up one's ("hídember")though.) the movie is bad (soso script, bad score, bad actress/actor in the leading roles), but it shows, that saying "we didn't have the money" is not an excuse anymore. (actually a lot of films do have the money ("hídember", "mansfeld"), but they spend it in a really stupid way, so the film doesn't "look" expensive. every cent is visible on children of glory)
i agree with you about "rokonok" though. it was szabo's double meltdown (his past as an agent was found out).

Hello everyone, I´m the original poster and I´m glad this board make it so far, especially thanks to Itarex. I´ve been visiting sometimes but I didn´t post because I´m a foreigner and I´m not that much in actual hungarian cinema, I´ve more interest in pre89 east europe and soviet films.

I want to tell you a funny thing that happened last month during a brief visit to Budapest. As you maybe know from my early posts I rate Miklos Jancso very high in my list, he´s definetly in my top 10 directors. I was there -Budapest- 2 years ago in some video store they told me Jancso work was being remastered for an eventual release on dvd. So, hoping that some films had hit the street already I walked into this store and asked for Miklos Jancso films and the guy looked at me like: what?. Well, I´m sure I didn´t pronunciated that well but I try again and the guy says: Michael Jackson? Errrr...Then I rememeber, yes the surname first but nothing ringed the bell. Fortunately, there was another guy with some enlightment who show me "The Round Up" in dvd, that I´ve already so...

My point is, fellow hungarians, dear magyars, that i think -in general- you don´t like this guy very much. I can understand to a certain degree due to historical reasons but I really think Jancso it´s a national treasure for you. Look how the polish worship Wajda. Jancsó have an equally impressive body of work and 50 years in the business, but...as it was put to him by Kappa and Pepe in "Wake up, mate, don´t you sleep?": Uncle Miki, nobody will see this film ever, the same as your other films!

So, dear friends to stop this long as hell post I make a call to every Jancso film owner in vhs, cd, betta, dvd, with subtitles, without, with russian voiceovers... I don´t care! I´ve a fairly big amount of his films (below) but I´m tired of waiting to proper releases so if you´re interested, I´m interested. Contact me in [email protected].


-The bells have gone to Rome
-My way home
-The round up
-The red and the white
-Silence and cry
-La pacifista
-Red Psalm
-Private vices, public virtues
-Electra, my lover
-Lord´s lantern in Budapest
-Last supper at the arabian gray horse
-Wake up mate don´t you sleep
-Anyád! A szúnyogok