Budapest Tales

35 mmORSS15
Director:István Szabó
Premiere:1. March 1980
Length:84 minutes
Genre:Drama

Budapest Tales

Budapesti mesék; István Szabó, 1976, OV (maď.) + ST (sk; István Szabó, 1976, versions: OR,SS,

Uvádzame pri príležitosti 80. narodenín režiséra Istvána Szabóa (*18. 2. 1938).

Director: István Szabó • Scenario: István Szabó • Kameraman: Sándor Sára • Actors: Ági Mészárosová, Maja Komorowska, Franciszek Pieczka, András Bálint, Károly Kovács

"Budapest Tales" is about a group of people (consisting of Szabo regular Andras Balint along with Ildiko Bansagi and Karoly Kovacs) who find a broken down tram while trying to go to the city. The people band together and try to get the tram back on the train tracks and head towards the city. Along this journey the passengers encounter many people who join them on the tram. What started out as only a handful of people has now turned into a small village. As the people travel on to the city each person takes on certain roles and through the course of time these roles will change. Some people fall in love, others out of love, and a few even die. But life goes on. The people keep the tram going hoping to reach Budapest.

Length: 84 min

Year: 1976
Local premiere date: 1. March 1980

Country of origin:

  • Hungary

Language version:

OR - Original version
SS - Slovak subtitles

Uvádzame pri príležitosti 80. narodenín režiséra Istvána Szabóa (*18. 2. 1938).

Director: István Szabó • Scenario: István Szabó • Kameraman: Sándor Sára • Actors: Ági Mészárosová, Maja Komorowska, Franciszek Pieczka, András Bálint, Károly Kovács

"Budapest Tales" is about a group of people (consisting of Szabo regular Andras Balint along with Ildiko Bansagi and Karoly Kovacs) who find a broken down tram while trying to go to the city. The people band together and try to get the tram back on the train tracks and head towards the city. Along this journey the passengers encounter many people who join them on the tram. What started out as only a handful of people has now turned into a small village. As the people travel on to the city each person takes on certain roles and through the course of time these roles will change. Some people fall in love, others out of love, and a few even die. But life goes on. The people keep the tram going hoping to reach Budapest.

Year: 1976
Local premiere date: 1. March 1980

Country of origin:

  • Hungary

Language version:

OR - Original version
SS - Slovak subtitles