Katalin Berek

Katalin Berek, known as Kati (7 October 1930 – 26 February 2017) was a Hungarian actress. She appeared in more than 40 films and television shows between 1950 and 2001. She starred in the 1975 film Adoption, which won the Golden Bear at the 25th Berlin International Film Festival.

A Glass of Beer (1955)

Marci is drafted from a typical block building in the 6th district in Pest. He says good-bye to Juli living in the same house, with whom they are both very much fond of each other, but neither of them makes a confession. Juli works in a factory, and with her friend ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Félix Máriássy
CAST:  Éva Ruttkai  •  Tibor Bitskey  •  Elma Bulla  •  János Görbe

Marci is drafted from a typical block building in the 6th district in Pest. He says good-bye to Juli living in the same house, with whom they are both very much fond of each other, but neither of them makes a confession. Juli works in a factory, and with her friend ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Félix Máriássy
CAST:  Éva Ruttkai  •  Tibor Bitskey  •  Elma Bulla  •  János Görbe

Nine Months (1976)

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 relationship, but still hides the fact that she has a child born out of wedlock. When her secret is revealed, he is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Márta Mészáros
CAST:  Lili Monori  •  Jan Nowicki  •  Djoko Rosic  •  Katalin Berek

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 relationship, but still hides the fact that she has a child born out of wedlock. When her secret is revealed, he is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Márta Mészáros
CAST:  Lili Monori  •  Jan Nowicki  •  Djoko Rosic  •  Katalin Berek

The Upthrown Stone (1969)

An aspiring film student is denied a scholarship to the state-funded university when his father is thrown in jail. The man had stopped a train in order to facilitate the union between two old friends. The son then takes a job as a land surveyor and meets a Greek ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sándor Sára
CAST:  Lajos Balázsovits  •  Nadesda Kazassian  •  Todor Todorov  •  László Bánhidi

An aspiring film student is denied a scholarship to the state-funded university when his father is thrown in jail. The man had stopped a train in order to facilitate the union between two old friends. The son then takes a job as a land surveyor and meets a Greek ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sándor Sára
CAST:  Lajos Balázsovits  •  Nadesda Kazassian  •  Todor Todorov  •  László Bánhidi

Adoption (1975)

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 to comply. But by developing an unlikely friendship with the angst-ridden teenage orphan Anna, who is also involved ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Márta Mészáros
CAST:  Katalin Berek  •  Gyöngyvér Vigh  •  Péter Fried  •  László Szabó

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 to comply. But by developing an unlikely friendship with the angst-ridden teenage orphan Anna, who is also involved ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Márta Mészáros
CAST:  Katalin Berek  •  Gyöngyvér Vigh  •  Péter Fried  •  László Szabó

Stephen, the King (1984)

István, a király ("Stephen, the King") is a Hungarian rock opera written by Levente Szörényi (music) and János Bródy (lyrics), based on the life of Saint Stephen of Hungary. The storyline was based on the play Ezredforduló (Turn of the Millennium) by Miklós ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gábor Koltay
CAST:  László Pelsőczy  •  Miklós Varga  •  Gyula Vikidál  •  Katalin Berek

István, a király ("Stephen, the King") is a Hungarian rock opera written by Levente Szörényi (music) and János Bródy (lyrics), based on the life of Saint Stephen of Hungary. The storyline was based on the play Ezredforduló (Turn of the Millennium) by Miklós ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gábor Koltay
CAST:  László Pelsőczy  •  Miklós Varga  •  Gyula Vikidál  •  Katalin Berek

Catherine' Marriage (1950)

Kis Katalin and Varga Jóska are getting married. During their honeymoon they are preparing plans for the future. Katalin, however, seems to lag behind both in her studies and the work competition, becoming a couch potato version of a wife. Jóska, instead of trying ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Félix Máriássy
CAST:  Ági Mészáros  •  Ádám Szirtes  •  Sándor Pécsi  •  Andor Ajtay

Kis Katalin and Varga Jóska are getting married. During their honeymoon they are preparing plans for the future. Katalin, however, seems to lag behind both in her studies and the work competition, becoming a couch potato version of a wife. Jóska, instead of trying ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Félix Máriássy
CAST:  Ági Mészáros  •  Ádám Szirtes  •  Sándor Pécsi  •  Andor Ajtay

Fourteen Lives (1954)

September 1952 in a mine in Northern-Hungary after an explosion water breaks in from the neighbouring shaft and fourteen miners become trapped. The whole country unites to save them.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Zoltán Fábri
CAST:  Zoltán Várkonyi  •  Iván Darvas  •  János Görbe  •  Béla Barsi

September 1952 in a mine in Northern-Hungary after an explosion water breaks in from the neighbouring shaft and fourteen miners become trapped. The whole country unites to save them.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Zoltán Fábri
CAST:  Zoltán Várkonyi  •  Iván Darvas  •  János Görbe  •  Béla Barsi

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  György Révész
CAST:  Klári Tolnay  •  Lajos Básti  •  Anna Tőkés  •  Oszkár Ascher

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  György Révész
CAST:  Klári Tolnay  •  Lajos Básti  •  Anna Tőkés  •  Oszkár Ascher

A Bird of Heaven (1958)

Panni, coming from a landless family of ten and Miska have loved each other for a long time. The pretty Panni, however, has another suitor as well: Komáromi, the big farmer. The two men fight from time to time, but then, during the time Miska is serving his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Imre Fehér
CAST:  Ildikó Szabó  •  Ádám Szirtes  •  Erzsi Somogyi  •  László Bánhidi

Panni, coming from a landless family of ten and Miska have loved each other for a long time. The pretty Panni, however, has another suitor as well: Komáromi, the big farmer. The two men fight from time to time, but then, during the time Miska is serving his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Imre Fehér
CAST:  Ildikó Szabó  •  Ádám Szirtes  •  Erzsi Somogyi  •  László Bánhidi

Shaman (1977)

The film is a lyrical series of associations compiled from documentaries. Márkus, the actor is shut in his own flat by his wife by accident. While learning his part, on the wings of poetic intuition his imagination tours the great landscapes of the soul, the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pál Zolnay
CAST:  Márk Zala  •  Tamás Jordán  •  Gabi Marsek  •  Katalin Berek

The film is a lyrical series of associations compiled from documentaries. Márkus, the actor is shut in his own flat by his wife by accident. While learning his part, on the wings of poetic intuition his imagination tours the great landscapes of the soul, the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pál Zolnay
CAST:  Márk Zala  •  Tamás Jordán  •  Gabi Marsek  •  Katalin Berek

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DIRECTION:  Márton Keleti
CAST:  János Görbe  •  Ági Mészáros  •  József Bihari  •  Zoltán Makláry

Szentjános fejevétele (1966)

Story of a young teacher starting to work in rural Hungary  (more)

DIRECTION:  Márk Novák
CAST:  Ilona Béres  •  István Sztankay  •  Dajka Margit  •  Ádám Szirtes

Story of a young teacher starting to work in rural Hungary  (more)

DIRECTION:  Márk Novák
CAST:  Ilona Béres  •  István Sztankay  •  Dajka Margit  •  Ádám Szirtes