Directed by:
Ferenc TörökScreenplay:
Ferenc TörökCinematography:
Dániel GarasComposer:
Balázs TemesváriCast:
Gábor Karalyos, Erzsi Pápai, Eszter Balla, Vilmos Csatlós, Simon Szabó, András Réthelyi, Bence Jávor, Zsolt Kovács, Ilona Béres, Imre Csuja, Zsanna Éry-Kovács (more)Plots(1)
The release of Ferenc Török's debut, Moscow Square, seemed to announce the arrival of a new sensibility in Hungarian cinema, one that corresponded to a generation that had entirely grown up in the post-communist era. It's April, 1989; Petya, Kiegler, Ságodi and their friends spend their evenings hanging around the clock tower in Moscow Square, while all around them the old regime teeters on the verge of collapse. Everyone feels that something is about to happen: the question is whether they make it happen or just wait for whatever's coming. For some, like Petya and his girlfriend Zsófi, the new world means getting out of Hungary and getting to know the wider world. Few films have more effectively captured that sense of life on the eve a momentous political and social transformation - that unsettling combination of giddy optimism for the future and creeping fear of the unknown. Török cast his film largely with unknowns either from local high schools or the Academy of Drama. It became one of the most important cult films in Hungary following the regime change and was screened at many international film festivals. (CinEast)
(more)Cast
Gábor Karalyos
Hungary
Best movies:
Moscow Square (2001)
Poligamy (2009)
Neither with You (2019)
Erzsi Pápai
Kingdom of Hungary
Best movies:
Ants' Nest (1971)
Moscow Square (2001)
Eszter Balla
Hungary
Best movies:
Control (2003)
Those Who Remained (2019)
Demimonde (2015)
Vilmos Csatlós
Best movies:
Moscow Square (2001)
Simon Szabó
Hungary
Best movies:
Moscow Square (2001)
We Started Together (2022)
Budapest Noir (2017)
András Réthelyi
Hungary
Best movies:
The Notebook (2013)
Happy Birthday! (2003)
Moscow Square (2001)
Bence Jávor
Hungary
Best movies:
Sleepwalkers (2002)
Moscow Square (2001)
Zsolt Kovács
Hungary
Best movies:
Sleepwalkers (2002)
Fateless (2005)
For Some Inexplicable Reason (2014)
Ilona Béres
Kingdom of Hungary
Best movies:
The Man with the Golden Touch (1962)
Cat City (1986)
Moscow Square (2001)
Imre Csuja
Hungary
Best movies:
Paths of Light (2005)
Perlasca: The Courage of a Just Man (2002) (TV movie)
Glass Tiger 3 (2010)
Zsanna Éry-Kovács
Hungary
Best movies:
Moscow Square (2001)
Fanni Halmi
Best movies:
Moscow Square (2001)
Dávid Szanitter
Best movies:
Moscow Square (2001)
Péter Kovács
Best movies:
Moscow Square (2001)
László Zana
Best movies:
Moscow Square (2001)
Gábor Őri
Best movies:
Moscow Square (2001)
Béla Tóth
Kingdom of Hungary
Best movies:
Moscow Square (2001)
We Never Die (1993)
István Nagy
Best movies:
Moscow Square (2001)
Margit Májeszky
Best movies:
Moscow Square (2001)
The Colour of Happiness (2003)
László Molnár
Best movies:
Moscow Square (2001)