István Kardos Movies

This satire on film depicts the micro-climate of a technical vocational school newly established at a housing estate. The construction vocational...

While awaiting his release from the Soviet detention camp he is being held in, a half-starved refugee (Andras Ambrus) finds that an error has been...

Sanyi is the driver of a co-op bus and lives in tenancy with his wife and son. In order to get along he buys the auctioned truck of the co-op and...

This light comedy with grotesque elements tells the story of M, the young and beautiful model mother, who seeks happiness and a father for her...

Péter begins to correspond with the unknown Ági living in Munich while he is spending his military service. After the service he goes...

In the country reformatory school both the teacher and the children are trapped by the circumstances. From among the pupils excels Sanyi, who cannot...

In the late 17th century, Hungary moved from Turkish to Austrian domination, becoming a key part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. In this story, which...

Herbert lives a happy childhood in a small town in early-century Hungary. His new friend Ödön brings colour and excitement into his life,...

A Hungarian band plays American rock & roll and blues hits with great enthusiasm and passion, but success seems to avoid them. TV and radio don't...

1989 in Budapest. A gang of teenagers is roaming about in the city. They are hanging around, longing away from here, their parents do not care about...

More than a storyline with a beginning, middle, and end, this tale of a foundry worker who engages a woman -- and fellow worker -- to do housekeeping...

The sixteen year old Bea is on her way home from her sports class when a foreign long- vehicle stops by her and she is asked the way. A shove, the...

To celebrate Sleeping Beauty's awakening, the cruel stepmother organises a dress-ball in the Wonder Castle and invites the characters of all tales...

Using high-school students, Hungarian director Ferenc Kardos re-created the 1848 revolutionary period in that country's history which was dominated...

The particular interest of György Szomjas’s short documentary is that it immortalizes the work of the Szeged University Stage headed by...

The seeming hopelessness of combatting an all-powerful government that will not tolerate political dissension is the focus of this excellent...

When young Tako's father dies in Hungary in 1945, Tako is left with scant memories of him. Nurtured by his mother, the boy fantasizes about the man...

Austria/Hungary in 1905: At the annual fairs, the old cabinets displaying "abnormalities" and "living phenomena" are being replaced by cinematograph...

A man who leads a lonely existence with his young daughter accidentally gets involved with a robbery before a manhunt ensues.

A widow, whose politician husband was killed in the Communist purge of Hungary, and her ill son are given money by the government to start a...