FILM SERIES
The Jewish Experience in Hungarian Cinema
This film series is made possible by the
Hungarian Cultural Institute in New York
Sunday, January 30, 1 P.M.
Confidence (Bizalom)
(1980, BETA SP, 107 min., Hungarian with English subtitles)
Directed by István Szabó
1980 Academy Award nominee for Best Foreign Language Film
Post-screening discussion with film critic Leonard Quart
After Kata’s husband goes into hiding during WWII, she poses as wife to a man she has never met in order to conceal her Jewish identity. Their volatile arrangement, which if exposed would mean imprisonment or death, eases when they become lovers. This film explores the lack of trust that threatens to consume their relationship.
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Sunday, January 30, 3:30 P.M.
Mephisto
(1981, BETA SP, 144 min., German with English subtitles)
Directed by István Szabó
1981 Academy Award winner for Best Foreign Language Film
Post-screening discussion with film critic Leonard Quart
Set in the early 1930s, this Faustian tale is about an apolitical, ambitious actor who sells his soul to the Nazis for the opportunity to perform propaganda plays for the Reich. Portrayed by the charismatic Klaus Maria Brandauer, he soon becomes Germany's most popular actor.
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Sunday, February 6, 1 P.M.
Sunshine
(1999, DVD, 181 min.)
Directed by István Szabó
Starring Ralph Fiennes, Rosemary Harris, Rachel Weisz, and
Jennifer Ehle
Post-screening discussion with Prof. Jerry Carlson, film studies, The City College & Graduate Center CUNY This epic drama, spanning from the mid-1800s to the mid-1900s, follows the Sonnenschein family through five generations of social and political upheaval and personal conflicts in Hungary.
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Sunday, February 13, 1 P.M.
The Revolt of Job
(1983, VHS, 105 min., Hungarian with English subtitles)
Directed by Imre Gyongyossy and Barna Kabay
1984 Academy Award nominee for Best Foreign Language Film
Post-screening discussion with Prof. Jerry Carlson
In this tender film, an elderly Jewish couple, whose own children have died, attempt to adopt a Christian child in 1943 and teach him about their spiritual heritage. $10, $7 students/seniors, $5 for members
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Sunday, February 13, 3:30 P.M.
Fateless
(2005, DVD, 140 min., Hungarian with English subtitles)
Directed by Lajos Koltai
Post-screening discussion with Prof. Jerry Carlson
Based on the Nobel Prize-winning book, this semi-autobiographical tale follows Gyuri, a 14-year-old Jewish boy from Budapest, who is sent to Buchenwald. An optimist, he returns home only to feel alienated both from his Christian neighbors and Jewish friends who want to put the war behind them.
$10, $7 students/seniors, $5 for members Join us for tours of Fire in my Heart: The Story of Hannah Sensesh at 12 P.M. each Sunday. Space is limited. Pre-registration for tour is required. Call 646.437.4202.
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