
Werckmeister Harmonies(2001)
A naive young man witnesses an escalation of violence in his small hometown following the arrival of a mysterious circus attraction.


Inhabitants of a small village in Hungary deal with the effects of the fall of Communism. The town's source of revenue, a factory, has closed, and the locals, who include a doctor and three couples, await a cash payment offered in the wake of the shuttering. Irimias, a villager thought to be dead, returns and, unbeknownst to the locals, is a police informant. In a scheme, he persuades the villagers to form a commune with him.

Mihály Víg
Irimiás

Putyi Horváth
Petrina

Székely B. Miklós
Futaki
Erika Bók
Estike
László feLugossy
Schmidt

Alfréd Járai
Halics

János Derzsi
Kráner
Irén Szajki
Kránerné

Éva Almássy Albert
Schmidtné
Erzsébet Gaál
Halicsné
Satantango is a drama film released in 1994 exploring themes of farm, countryside, based on novel or book, cat, rain, hungary. Directed by Béla Tarr, it stars Mihály Víg, Putyi Horváth, Székely B. Miklós. Inhabitants of a small village in Hungary deal with the effects of the fall of Communism. The town's source of revenue, a factory, has closed, and the locals, who include a doctor and three couples, await a cash payment offered in the wake of the shuttering. Irimias, a villager thought to be dead, returns and, unbeknownst to the locals, is a police informant. In a scheme, he persuades the villagers to form a commune with him.
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