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Satantango (1994)

Sátántangó

1994-04-28 · Drama · 432 min

★ 8.1 (329 votes)

Directed by Béla Tarr

Overview

Inhabitants of a small village in Hungary deal with the effects of the fall of Communism. The town's source of revenue, a factory, has closed, and the locals, who include a doctor and three couples, await a cash payment offered in the wake of the shuttering. Irimias, a villager thought to be dead, returns and, unbeknownst to the locals, is a police informant. In a scheme, he persuades the villagers to form a commune with him.

Cast

  • Mihály Víg Mihály Víg Irimiás
  • Putyi Horváth Putyi Horváth Petrina
  • Székely B. Miklós Székely B. Miklós Futaki
  • Erika Bók Estike
  • László feLugossy Schmidt
  • Alfréd Járai Alfréd Járai Halics
  • János Derzsi János Derzsi Kráner
  • Irén Szajki Kránerné
  • Éva Almássy Albert Éva Almássy Albert Schmidtné
  • Erzsébet Gaál Halicsné
  • Peter Berling Peter Berling Orvos
  • György Barkó György Barkó Iskolaigazgató
  • Zoltán Kamondi Kocsmáros
  • Barna Mihók Barna Mihók Kerekes
  • Péter Dobai Péter Dobai Százados
  • András Bodnár Horgos Sanyi
  • Ica Bojár Horgosné
  • István Juhász Kelemen
  • Ferenc Kállai Ferenc Kállai Orvos (voice)
  • Gyula Pauer Gyula Pauer

Crew

Director
Béla Tarr
Director of Photography
Gábor Medvigy
Editor
Ágnes Hranitzky
Novel
László Krasznahorkai
Original Music Composer
Mihály Víg
Producer
Joachim von Vietinghoff
Producer
Ruth Waldburger
Producer
György Fehér
Screenplay
Béla Tarr
Screenplay
László Krasznahorkai
Story
Péter Dobai
Story
Mihály Víg
Story
Barna Mihók

Details

Budget
$1,500,000
IMDb
tt0111341
TMDB
31414

Keywords

  • alcoholic
  • art house
  • based on novel or book
  • black and white
  • cat
  • contemplative cinema
  • countryside
  • farm
  • hungary
  • loneliness
  • mental illness
  • multiple perspectives
  • nonlinear timeline
  • poverty
  • powerful
  • rain
  • remodernist
  • writer

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