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Satantango

Satantango

19948.07h 12m

Overview

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.

Directed by Béla Tarr
Written by Béla Tarr, László Krasznahorkai, Barna Mihók
Produced by György Fehér, Joachim von Vietinghoff, Ruth Waldburger
Box OfficeBudget: $1.5M0

Top Cast

Mihály Víg

Mihály Víg

Irimiás

Putyi Horváth

Putyi Horváth

Petrina

Székely B. Miklós

Székely B. Miklós

Futaki

E

Erika Bók

Estike

L

László feLugossy

Schmidt

Alfréd Járai

Alfréd Járai

Halics

János Derzsi

János Derzsi

Kráner

I

Irén Szajki

Kránerné

Éva Almássy Albert

Éva Almássy Albert

Schmidtné

E

Erzsébet Gaál

Halicsné

Themes & Keywords

farmcountrysidebased on novel or bookcatrainhungarylonelinessart housepovertyblack and whitewriteralcoholicmental illnessremodernistnonlinear timelinemultiple perspectivescontemplative cinemapowerful

About Satantango

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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