Directed by:
Miklós JancsóCinematography:
Ferenc GrunwalskyComposer:
György FerencziCast:
Zoltán Mucsi, Péter Scherer, József Szarvas, Miklós Jancsó, Gyula Hernádi, Jácint Juhász, Zsolt Anger, Andrea Ladányi, Zsolt Kovács, Éva Bakos, Erika Balogh (more)Plots(1)
In the Kerepesi Street cemetery, three grave diggers contemplate the fate of the world, then they step out of this role and in a sequence of episodes they play the typical figures of contemporary Hungarian reality, the fat cat, the swashbuckler, the victim, underworld chieftains, and present little absurd dramas of love, marriage, friendship, public order and legal safety. The author and the film director walk among them all the time, contemplating, laughing at their plays. The stories starting from the graveyard and returning there warn of the inevitability of death. The author and the director (Gyula Hernádi and Miklós Jancsó) wisely make friends with death. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Zoltán Mucsi
Hungary
Best movies:
Control (2003)
Sweet Emma, Dear Boebe - Sketches, Nudes (1992)
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)
Péter Scherer
Hungary
József Szarvas
Hungary
Best movies:
Glass Tiger 3 (2010)
6:3 (1999)
Glass Tiger 2 (2006)
Miklós Jancsó
Kingdom of Hungary
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Gyula Hernádi
Kingdom of Hungary
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The Lord's Lantern in Budapest (1999)
Jácint Juhász
Kingdom of Hungary
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The Red and the White (1967)
The Fortress (1979)
Diary for My Loves (1987)
Zsolt Anger
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Red Sparrow (2018)
Andrea Ladányi
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Zsolt Kovács
Hungary
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Éva Bakos
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Erika Balogh
Hungary
Best movies:
Gergely Bikácsy
Kingdom of Hungary
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György Bárva
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József Böjte
Kingdom of Hungary
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Virág Csapó
Hungary
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Judit Csoma
Romania
Best movies:
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The Lord's Lantern in Budapest (1999)
Damn You! the Mosquitoes (2000)
György Ferenczi
Hungary
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Gergely Fogarasi
Hungary
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The Lord's Lantern in Budapest (1999)
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1 (2009)
Balázs Galkó
Hungary
Best movies:
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Zolee Ganxsta
Hungary
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