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6.4 1h 43m

The Lord's Lantern in Budapest

"Ha én állat lennék, nem tartanék embert a lakásban..."

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.

Top Cast

  • Zoltán Mucsi

    Zoltán Mucsi

    Kapa

  • Péter Scherer

    Péter Scherer

    Pepe

  • József Szarvas

    József Szarvas

    Józsi

  • Miklós Jancsó

    Miklós Jancsó

    Himself

  • Gyula Hernádi

    Gyula Hernádi

    Himself

  • Emese Vasvári

    Emese Vasvári

    Emese

  • Zsolt Kovács

    Zsolt Kovács

    Zsolti

  • György Fehér

    György Fehér

    György

  • József Böjte

    József Böjte

    Józsi bácsi

Overview

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.

Rating

6.4 / 10
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