The Lord's Lantern in Budapest
Ha én állat lennék, nem tartanék embert a lakásban...
1999 · 1h 43m · N/A
Comedy, Drama
Directed by
Miklós Jancsó
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.
Director and cast
More films
Robots (2005)
Animation · Comedy · Family · Science Fiction · PG
Rodney Copperbottom is a young robot inventor who dreams of making the world a better place, until the evil Ratchet takes over Bigweld Industries. Now, Rodney's dreams – and those of his friends – are in danger of becoming obsolete.
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Director
- Chris Wedge, Carlos Saldanha
- Cast
- Ewan McGregor, Halle Berry, Greg Kinnear
The Big White (2005)
Comedy · Crime · Drama · R
To remedy his financial problems, a travel agent has his eye on a frozen corpse, which just happens to be sought after by two hitmen.
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Director
- Mark Mylod
- Cast
- Robin Williams, Holly Hunter, Giovanni Ribisi
History of the World: Part I (1981)
Comedy · R
An uproarious version of history that proves nothing is sacred – not even the Roman Empire, the French Revolution and the Spanish Inquisition.
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Director
- Mel Brooks
- Cast
- Dom DeLuise, Madeline Kahn, Harvey Korman
Night Shapes (1999)
Drama · N/A
The Pope is in town and the night of his stay is anything but heavenly for some of Berlin′s inhabitants. Rich and poor, down-and-outs and policemen, street kids and taxi drivers - in their search for a little bit of happiness, they all end up on an amusing and at times harrowing odyssey through the labyrinth of the big city.
- Runtime
- 1h 41m
- Director
- Andreas Dresen
- Cast
- Meriam Abbas, Dominique Horwitz, Oliver Breite
Metamorphosis (2007)
Drama · Fantasy · Horror · R
In the Seventeenth Century, while Hungary is fighting the Turks, the population of a small village in the Carpathian Mountains faces the evil Countess Elizabeth Bathory, accused of drinking and bathing in blood of virgin women.
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Director
- Jenő Hódi
- Cast
- Christopher Lambert, Corey Sevier, Charlie Hollway
Underground (2007)
Action · Not Rated
In the UK suburbs, an underground tournament is set to challenge twelve fighters from different backgrounds to compete for the price of £500,000. They have been handpicked for a no-holds barred competition that will push each fighter to their limit. Each fighter has their own reason for competing, and each will give everything they've ...
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Director
- Chee Keong Cheung
- Cast
- Mark Strange, Nathan Lewis, Joey Ansah
Bodyguard: A New Beginning (2008)
Action · Drama · Thriller · R
Leung is the bodyguard of a Chinese Triad boss, Wong, to whom his loyalty is unrivaled. Living in Hong Kong, Wong requests that his bodyguard travel to the UK to protect a young British woman, whose true identity is known only by Wong himself. Even Wong's son, Yuen, is kept in the dark, which leads to a betrayal that threatens to destr...
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Director
- Chee Keong Cheung
- Cast
- Vincent Sze Cho-Lam, Richard Ng Yiu-Hon, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
Comments
Talk about the film with other members