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The early short films of István Szabó are fascinating etudes that foreshadow the topics and milieu of his later, globally successful feature films. Variations Upon a Theme is nothing less than an attempt to summon up HISTORY – in block capitals – using constructivist imagery. Sequences cut from archive footage shot in museums and cafés, compiled “objectively”, “in astonishment”, “as a scream”, are a warning that, just like the films of the great Central Europe trilogy, by the time a person realizes where they live, historical processes are already irreversible.

Variaciok Egy Temara 1961 1080p WebDL FMIO.mkv

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https://nitro.download/view/155A8F20980B010/Variaciok_Egy_Temara_1961_1080p_WebDL_FMIO.mkv

Language(s):Hungarian
Subtitles:English

The post István Szabó – Variációk egy témára AKA Variations on a Theme (1962) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

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‘This region for an airman is just a map’, however, whosoever looks closer will discover a thousand secrets of a thousand lives on each Budapest corner or balcony. Memories of peacetime afternoons, family photos, love letters, then bombed houses, tanks driving down deserted streets and decrepit buildings awaiting demolition all flash up for a moment in this lyrical etude by István Szabó, not the first work in his series of filmmaking confessions for Budapest. The story of a city that preserves its past in its buildings and its inhabitants won the grand prix at the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen in 1977.

Varosterkep Budapest 1977 1080p WebDL FMIO.mkv

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Runtime: 	16 min 49 s
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Language(s):Hungarian
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The post István Szabó – Várostérkép Budapest AKA City Map (1979) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

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 is the start of his ordeal: he’s confronted with raw reality, which finally brings him to his knees. But music has the last word.

Zárójelentés.2000.1080p.WEB-DL.x264.AAC-Moutana.mkv

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Runtime: 	1 h 57 min
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https://nitro.download/view/9AA9E518DFAA86C/Zarojelentes.2000.1080p.WEB-DL.x264.AAC-Moutana.mkv

Language(s):Hungarian
Subtitles:English

The post István Szabó – Zárójelentés AKA Final Report (2020) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

The Door (Hungarian: Az ajtó) is a 2012 Hungarian drama film directed by István Szabó and starring Helen Mirren. Movie based on the award-winning novel of the same name by Magda Szabo (no relation to the director) – tells the story of a writer and her housekeeper who develop an enduring relationship.

Mirren plays the role of housekeeper Emerenc in the novel which has been adapted for the screen by Istvan Szabo and Andrea Veszits.

The film has been selected to be featured in the competition programme at the 33rd Moscow International Film Festival.

rvkd-the.door.2012.720p.web.h264.mkv

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https://nitro.download/view/5CF577136301032/rvkd-the.door.2012.720p.web.h264.mkv

Language(s):English
Subtitles:English

The post István Szabó – The Door (2012) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

A boy in Budapest loses his father in 1945, when he was the age of six. He does not remember much of the father but fantasizes that he performed various heroic feats.

A young boy’s vivid imagination liberates him from the grim realities of war-torn Hungary in Father, an enchanting fable that evokes the childhood wonder of The 400 Blows and Cinema Paradiso, Ever since the death of his father, young Tako (Dani Erdélyi) has filled the paternal void with a series of fantasies in which his father (Miklós Gábor) is envisioned as a partisan freedom-fighter, a cultured world traveler and a decorated hero. When he reaches manhood, Tako (now played by András Bálint) struggles to live up to the heroic image he crafted, even as he discovers a world in which valor has little place. But he cannot relinquish the comforting daydreams, and as the fantasies he harbors become more elaborate, the mythic father becomes a heroic protector of the Hungarian Jews during the Nazi occupation. By depicting Tako in the wake of Wold War II and on the brink of revolution in the 1960s, acclaimed filmmmaker István Szabó mirrors the confusion of childhood with the turmoil of political upheaval. The result is a simple ode to the human spirit, and a memorable tribute to survive in the face of adversity

Apa.1966.1080p.FMIO.WEB-DL.AAC2.0.H264.HuN-CRLS.mkv

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Runtime: 	1 h 27 min
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https://nitro.download/view/D78B5383032388B/Apa.1966.1080p.FMIO.WEB-DL.AAC2.0.H264.HuN-CRLS.mkv

Language(s):Hungarian
Subtitles:English, Hungarian

The post István Szabó – Apa AKA Father (1966) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

The story shows Emma’s and Böbe’s fight for survival, for keeping their position in society which they achieved with hard work in the previous regime. They don’t want to lose their place and become village girls again.

Dear.Emma.Sweet.Bobe.1992.DVDRip.x264-HANDJOB.mkv

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Runtime: 	1 h 17 min
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https://nitro.download/view/C730818F73D21B6/Dear.Emma.Sweet.Bobe.1992.DVDRip.x264-HANDJOB.mkv

Language(s):Hungarian
Subtitles:English, Portuguese, Spanish, German

The post István Szabó – Édes Emma, drága Böbe – vázlatok, aktok AKA Dear Emma, Sweet Böbe (1992) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

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Memories and desires of the residents of a Pest apartment block condemned to be demolished swirl through this film by István Szabó. For the director in his thirties, the 1970s was the age of discovery; this work is an experiment at adapting the Modernist stream of conscious film genre for a Hungarian audience. The struggle of the individual against history is a recurring Szabó theme, which in this movie he takes closest to the limits of the narrative form.

2.90GB | 1h 30m | 1920×1080 | mkv

https://nitro.download/view/E17727F53AE88EF/25.Fireman’s.Street.1973.1080p.WEB-DL.H264.AAC-PTerWEB..mkv

Language(s):Hungarian
Subtitles:English

The post István Szabó – Tüzoltó utca 25. AKA 25 Fireman’s Street (1973) first appeared on Cinema of the World.