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Könnyű testi sértés [Tight Quarters] (György Szomjas, 1983)

Jun

15

freebie: Flatmates Day

Könnyű testi sértés (1983)

In a claustrophobically framed shot, two men and a woman – Csaba (Károly Eperjes), Miklós (Péter Andorai) and Éva (Mariann Erdőss) respectively – share a small kitchen. DP: Ferenc Grunwalsky.

Valahol Európában / It Happened in Europe] (Géza von Radványi, 1947)

May

20

National Band Directors Day

Valahol Európában (1947)

The old man (Artúr Somlay) at his grand piano. One of the children, in rags, sits on top of it. The children cast for the film were actual, aimless orphans, causing trouble on set. DP: Barnabás Hegyi.

In the children's film Valahol Európában, a gang of plundering feral orphans hiding out in a ruined castle find an old disillusioned pacifist conductor (Artúr Somlay) who's waiting out the war.