István Dárday
The Documentator (1988)
Via the New York Times: "...the film has the free form of the agitprop movies made by Jean-Luc Godard in the late 1960's and early 1970's. At the center of it is the small fictional tale of Raffael, who stands for everything rotten in the newly liberalized ... (more)
Via the New York Times: "...the film has the free form of the agitprop movies made by Jean-Luc Godard in the late 1960's and early 1970's. At the center of it is the small fictional tale of Raffael, who stands for everything rotten in the newly liberalized ... (more)
Point of Departure (1984)
This documentary feature film is set in a two-storey villa, where three generations live together representing four different scales of values and views of life. (more)
This documentary feature film is set in a two-storey villa, where three generations live together representing four different scales of values and views of life. (more)
East from the West or The Discreet Charm of the Media (1994)
In this Hungarian comedy post communist materialism is satirized. Someone in Hungary has won a large screen TV set. As they live in the country, it must be delivered from Budapest upon the back of an abandoned Russian military truck. The TV is turned on so that all ... (more)
In this Hungarian comedy post communist materialism is satirized. Someone in Hungary has won a large screen TV set. As they live in the country, it must be delivered from Budapest upon the back of an abandoned Russian military truck. The TV is turned on so that all ... (more)
Stratagem (1980)
The story played by civilian players is laid in a Transdanubian village, where on the initiative of the municipality doctor the local inhabitants wish to build a social welfare home as volunteers, with the support of the local co-operative and the state farm. ... (more)
The story played by civilian players is laid in a Transdanubian village, where on the initiative of the municipality doctor the local inhabitants wish to build a social welfare home as volunteers, with the support of the local co-operative and the state farm. ... (more)
Törvénytelen Muskátli I-III. (1996)
Hungarian documentary mini-series. (more)
Hungarian documentary mini-series. (more)
Reflections (1998)
The two main locations of the film are Venice and New York - it is these two settings in which the protagonist, an astrologist, is slowly dying. He is a victim of the Chernobyl catastrophe. (more)
The two main locations of the film are Venice and New York - it is these two settings in which the protagonist, an astrologist, is slowly dying. He is a victim of the Chernobyl catastrophe. (more)
Reklámbrigád (2000)
A documentary about advertisement and primarily following a man working as a billboard installer. (more)
A documentary about advertisement and primarily following a man working as a billboard installer. (more)
The Émigré: Everything is Different (2007)
The final years of Sándor Márai's voluntary exile in San Diego, which led to his suicide in 1989. Based on his own diary. (more)
The final years of Sándor Márai's voluntary exile in San Diego, which led to his suicide in 1989. Based on his own diary. (more)
Negative history of Hungarian cinema (2010)
Reconstructions of unrealized Hungarian films in cooperation with the greatest Hungarian film directors. (more)
Reconstructions of unrealized Hungarian films in cooperation with the greatest Hungarian film directors. (more)
Nevelésügyi sorozat (1973)
A five part docu-drama following the everyday lives, family conflicts, careers, joys and problems of a married couple of school teachers and their five children. (more)
A five part docu-drama following the everyday lives, family conflicts, careers, joys and problems of a married couple of school teachers and their five children. (more)
Rongyos hercegnő (1975)
An ironic insight into the cultural politics of Hungary's Kádár-era. (more)
An ironic insight into the cultural politics of Hungary's Kádár-era. (more)
Holiday in Britain (1975)
The film is a documentary-feature film based on real stories and made with amateur actors. The district pioneer secretary is assigned to find a pioneer who can play a musical instrument, has a working-class background, and studies well at school and appoint him for ... (more)
The film is a documentary-feature film based on real stories and made with amateur actors. The district pioneer secretary is assigned to find a pioneer who can play a musical instrument, has a working-class background, and studies well at school and appoint him for ... (more)
Film Novel - Three Sisters (1977)
The documentary-feature film, featuring amateur players and showing the life of three sisters in its simple dull flow of events, has grown to be the symbol of the Budapest School. The Kertész-girls live in a little apartment in a block of flats in Budapest with ... (more)
The documentary-feature film, featuring amateur players and showing the life of three sisters in its simple dull flow of events, has grown to be the symbol of the Budapest School. The Kertész-girls live in a little apartment in a block of flats in Budapest with ... (more)
Calmly Die (1969)
Gyöngyike is misinformed by her mother on issues like gender roles, sexuality and morals in relationships, as she takes good care of her daughter, and wants to cast off troubles when leaving this world behind. (more)
Gyöngyike is misinformed by her mother on issues like gender roles, sexuality and morals in relationships, as she takes good care of her daughter, and wants to cast off troubles when leaving this world behind. (more)