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...

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

The story shows Emma's and Böbe's fight for survival, for keeping their position in society which they achieved with hard work in the previous...

A cardiologist is sent into retirement, but he feels at loss without his work. He returns to his home village to work as a general practitioner. This...

On one hot summer night, the residents of a Hungarian apartment house slated for demolition restlessly revisit their haunted pasts as they face an...

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

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

"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...

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

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

A short film directed by István Szabó.

A documentary directed by Wolfgang Liemberger.