István Szabó Movies

Young honest public official is sworn in after his predecessor had to leave due to a corruption scandal. Soon, the young idealist discovers just how...

In a border town two sons of the local commander using stolen arms take hostages of eighteen girls in a dormitory, because they want to go West by...

From a policewoman broken leg seems completely slip out of the soil. Life-threatening love triangle mixed with her husband and their criminal friends.

An epic exploration of the Czechoslovak New Wave cinema of the 1960s and 70s, structured around a series of conversations with one of its most...

A playful portrait of a young woman who merrily roams the streets of Budapest. A New Wave love letter in motion.

István Szabó and Klaus Maria Brandauer talk about cinema, the repercussions of World War II, art and their films Mephisto (1981) and...

Documentary feature about Czech director Jiří Menzel, featuring Menzel himself as well as Miloš Forman, Emir Kusturica,...

A young Jewish boy travels europe in search of the grave of his Great Grandfather who was killed by the Nazis in the War.

The film depicts the period between 1945-60 through the life of a communist couple. Barna Judit, just released from a concentration camp and...

Koncert is a 1962 Hungarian short film directed by István Szabó. In the film, several beach-goers have a go at playing creating an...

This film of three parts recalls memories from World War II. The titles of the parts are: Impartially, Terrified and Like a scream.

A young priest visits a barber's shop to get shaved. When he leans back and closes his eyes, the barbers decide to play a prank on him. Instead of a...

Through the personal memories of István Szabó we can became the observers of the life of Budapest.

A documentary directed by Wolfgang Liemberger.

A short film directed by István Szabó.

István Szabó reveals a lesser-known side to the public in this work, which strings together eight shorts of Budapest into a single...