János Kende Movies

Short film about young poet József Attila.

Set during a turbulent era of disquiet, fear, persecution and terror, which permeates every corner of post-WWI Hungarian society. In 1919, after just...

The grotesque comedy with crime elements takes place in a grocery store.

The Third film in Miklós Jancsó's documentary series Message of Stones.

Allegory of the suppression of the 1919 revolution and the advent of fascism in Hungary; in the countryside, a unit of the revolutionary army spares...

The narrative concerns the barbaric exploits of Attila The Hun and yet none of the characters ever leave the remote seaside stretch of land on which...

When young Tako's father dies in Hungary in 1945, Tako is left with scant memories of him. Nurtured by his mother, the boy fantasizes about the man...

A historical drama set in the 1400s, a young man sent to Italy but is forced back after his father's mysterious death.

Two rabbis show the ruins of an abandoned synagogue to a group of primary school-age Jewish children, and stand by as the children dip bread in...

It has been fifteen years since the death of her father, Agamemnon, and Elektra still burns with hatred for Aegisztosz, who conspired with Elektra's...

Somewhere in Europe in the twentieth century, a young man decides to change his life by engaging in the army. A modern and quirky tale, with...

Juli, who works in a brick factory, begins a romantic relationship with her boss, to whom she hides the fact that she has a son.

The movie portrays a peasant revolt in Hungary in the early twentieth century.

In this costume epic, the last days of Julius Caesar are chronicled.

The scene of the story taking place in the 18th century is an inn, which is advertised by its owners for sale. The inn was namely the scene for...

Zoltai is a Hungarian professor who returns home after a visit to the United States. Following a television interview, he commits suicide and leaves...

Imre Horváth and his friends gather to celebrate his wife's birthday. They are confused because of the changes in the country's politics and...

A focus on the tormented lives of intellectuals who failed to protest recent troubles in their homeland. Jancsó emphasizes highly evocative...

Croatian anarchists collaborate with Hungarians to make a bid for the life of King Alexander of Yugoslavia.