Movies: Ferenc Kiss

  • 1965
    Twenty Hours

    Twenty Hours (1965)

    Twenty Hours

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    A crusading newspaper reporter covers the Soviet invasion of Hungary in 1956. Initially critical of the communists, the feature later espouses the virtues of the social changes implemented since the invasion. The title refers to the period of time th...

    Twenty Hours
  • 1936
    Légy jó mindhalálig

    Légy jó mindhalálig (1936)

    Légy jó mindhalálig

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    The story follows the life of a bright and sensitive schoolboy growing up in an old, established boarding school in the city of Debrecen in eastern Hungary....

    Légy jó mindhalálig
  • 1965
    Abhorrence

    Abhorrence (1965)

    Abhorrence

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    Nelli, the icy, introverted farm girl, needs to find a husband following her father's death. She accepts the attentions of the noisy Takaró Sanyi, although she is more attracted to his silent and modest younger brother....

    Abhorrence
  • 1992
    Junk Movie

    Junk Movie (1992)

    Junk Movie

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    It is 1989, the year of the demise of socialism in eastern Europe. Nevertheless, the one theme of Junk Movie does not refer to this historical moment of high ideals, quite the contrary, the wild, burlesque of a motif-mozaic seems merely to stick it’s...

    Junk Movie
  • 1961
    Csutak and the Grey Horse

    Csutak and the Grey Horse (1961)

    Csutak and the Grey Horse

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    Csutak is just a pain in the neck, the little boy is even excluded from play by his mates. Vacation is spent lonely until one day he sneaks the woman haulier's old, shabby horse, a creature that would be better off in a slaughterhouse, out with himse...

    Csutak and the Grey Horse
  • 1939
    The Five-Forty

    The Five-Forty (1939)

    The Five-Forty

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    Set in Paris (which looks more like Budapest), the story concerns a murder investigation conducted by one Judge Henri Tessier. The audience is led to believe that Robert Petrovich, estranged husband of Tessier's sweetheart Marion, is responsible for ...

    The Five-Forty
  • 1939
    John, the Hero

    John, the Hero (1939)

    John, the Hero

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    1939 screen adaptation of the 1904 musical version of the classic Hungarian fairy tale poem by Sándor Petőfi....

    John, the Hero
  • 1966
    The Martyrdom of St. John

    The Martyrdom of St. John (1966)

    The Martyrdom of St. John

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    Story of a young teacher starting to work in rural Hungary...

    The Martyrdom of St. John
  • 1959
    Pár lépés a határ

    Pár lépés a határ (1959)

    Pár lépés a határ

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    Pár lépés a határ
  • 1940
    Sarajevo

    Sarajevo (1940)

    Sarajevo

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    It is a muster parade in Sarajevo in honour of Ferenc Ferdinánd. Polgár Éva and baron Várnay Miklós, her fiancé and a hussar captain, are preparing together for the event. In the meantime, the woman meets Borisz Boronow, a Russian painter. They fall ...

    Sarajevo
  • 1938
    Elcserélt ember

    Elcserélt ember (1938)

    Elcserélt ember

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    Elcserélt ember
  • 1939
    Wedding in Toprin

    Wedding in Toprin (1939)

    Wedding in Toprin

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    Sent on a spy mission to the estate of Count Toprini, Lieutenant Imre is helped by the count's wife who is unhappy in her marriage....

    Wedding in Toprin
  • 1973
    Football of the Good Old Days

    Football of the Good Old Days (1973)

    Football of the Good Old Days

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    The film is set in Budapest, 1924. Laundryman Ede Minarik's only passion is football. His dream is to see his team, Csabagyöngye, qualify for the first division. For this goal he would be willing to sacrifice everything he has. But he has nothing, ev...

    Football of the Good Old Days
  • 1963
    New Gilgames

    New Gilgames (1963)

    New Gilgames

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    The story recalling the spirit of Gilgamesh, the Sumerian king quarrelling with his approaching death, takes place in a cancer hospital in Budapest. Dávid, the young ethnography scientist resigned to his lot and is indifferent to his approaching deat...

    New Gilgames
  • 1936
    Cafe Moscow

    Cafe Moscow (1936)

    Cafe Moscow

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    About a man's disappointment in love, and this provides the foundation for the upcoming trial of a much more significant love. The scene of the fatal meeting, the bar, which is a kind of world-model, and its environment: a fort under siege, from wher...

    Cafe Moscow
  • 1958
    A Bird of Heaven

    A Bird of Heaven (1958)

    A Bird of Heaven

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    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 serv...

    A Bird of Heaven
  • 1942
    The Talking Robe

    The Talking Robe (1942)

    The Talking Robe

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    The Talking Robe
  • 1933
    Rákóczi induló

    Rákóczi induló (1933)

    Rákóczi induló

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    Rákóczi induló
  • 1940
    Sarajevo

    Sarajevo (1940)

    Sarajevo

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    Sarajevo
  • 1936
    Man of Gold

    Man of Gold (1936)

    Man of Gold

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    Az Aranyember (The Man of Gold) was based on a novel by Jokai, at one time Hungary's foremost storyteller. Set in the early 19th century, the story revolves around Timar (Ferenc Kiss), a ferryman on a Danish tugboat. Rescuing the daughter (Marisa Kor...

    Man of Gold