Lajos Kovács Movies

Inside a literary cafe, novelists convene to trade ideas, imagine stories and dream of greatness. Inspired by the works of Hungarian writer Jenő...

The film constructs a strongly conventionalised and symbolic world out of the diary fragments of a man who underwent an alcohol detoxification...

A typist girl who is under the influence of nervous breakdown walks out to the street stark naked from the office she works in. A young physician...

Living on the farms of Homoktanya, Józsi spends his time drinking and stealing valuables from others until he finds true love in the form of a...

A man who leads a lonely existence with his young daughter accidentally gets involved with a robbery before a manhunt ensues.

In 1866, the Szendrey family gathers for the name-day of Júlia’s sister, Mária, but the event dissolves into bitter grievances...

A man's story parallels Hitler's rise. Austrian Klaus Schneider, wounded in World War I, recovers in the care of Dr. Emil Bettleheim. Bettleheim...

From the fire in the school twelve years ago, Uncle Eu' rescued seven kids, among them his own daughter, Anita, who became mute. Uncle Eu' was taken...

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...

Set in 19th century Vienna, Ignac Semmelweis, a short-tempered but passionate doctor, delivers babies and carries out autopsies on a daily basis...

Emerenc, an elderly and private woman, is hired to be the housekeeper of a struggling writer, Magda. An event in the writer's life prompts Emerenc to...

András and Juli meet at a desperate moment in their lives, when they have both made a difficult decision, the consequences of which they...

A documentary about the making of The Turin Horse, the last film directed by Hungarian master Béla Tarr.

Two marriages, two generations, two crises, two solutions...

The heroes of this crime-comedy attempt to get hold of money by a funny trick. They start operating the new post-office of the housing estate a week...

Tibi and his small‐time crook crew haven’t grown wiser in ten years and are hired by a shadowy Japanese syndicate to steal a priceless...

The story revolves around Balint, a Hungarian obstetrician and soon-to-be father, who returns to his native village in north-eastern Romania to face...

This drama follows the dilemma of a young, unwillingly pregnant wife who gives her child up for adoption by a businesswoman. Anna doesn't need...

Áron is a happy child in his family. But at some point things take a different turn, and his mother starts to lose her health rapidly. As this...